Chapter 1 1 Learning About Children ESSENTIAL QUESTION

Chapter 1. 1: Learning About Children ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF A QUALITY ROLE MODEL AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR A CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT?

Your Impact on Children? Have you thought about how children grow up and become adults? YOU and I have a HUGE impact on kids’lives People and events shape who children become! Even if you do not interact with children regularly-they are always watching you and you influence them

Your Impact on Children Answer the following questions & be ready to discuss your answers: What are some characteristics of positive role models or caregivers? What are some characteristics of negative role models? How could these be detrimental to the development of a child? Who is your role model? Explain. What qualities make you a role model to others? (Everyone has some!) Who would you consider to be role models in today’s popular culture? Why?

Positive Role Model in Popular Culture

Benefits of Studying Children The more you learn about children the more you will understand them better! The best way to learn about children is through active involvement with them. As you study children, you will: Learn why children feel, think and act the way they do. (Typical Behaviors – ways of acting or responding that are common at each stage of childhood) Discover caregivers’ importance. (Caregiver – parents and others who tend to children)

Childhood Past to Present Childhood was not always considered separate important stage of life: Childhood means different things to different people. The way you think about childhood depends in part on what your own childhood was like. Ex: if your parents struggled to provide for you, you may think of childhood as a time of hardship. Until the twentieth century, people did not realize that childhood has a HUGE influence on later life!

Childhood Past and Present Comparing Childhood Past to Present Using page 23 -25 in your book, describe the differences between childhood in the 1800’s and today: Health: Education: Love: Work: Play: Dress:

Childhood Past and Present Comparing Childhood Past to Present Health: many died at younger ages due to widespread diseases Education: not available until the early 1800’s; students all grouped together Love: has not changed, all children need love! Work: worked at adult jobs at early age (farming families had many children). Now, children learn through play Play: many did not develop until the mid to late 1800’s; Changes include how much children play and what they play with Dress: Dressed like small adults until the 17 th century.