My Philosophy

I believe, children are socially and emotionally capable and competent, with open and absorbent mind, curious and creative nature, playful, confident and imaginative. In my opinion, an educator values children as individuals and maintains positive interactions with parents and children. An educator is responsive, proactive, guide, facilitator and resource person. I view the learning environment as prepared environment equipped with materials suitable for children’s ages and needs, aesthetically pleasing with play-based learning.

View of a child

I view a child from various perspectives. I believe a child is socially and emotionally competent individual who absorbs information from his surroundings like a sponge and uses this information to create an image of the world around him. In my opinion, a child is unique, creative, imaginative, playful and confident who learns according to his own wish and at his own pace.

Social and Emotional Competence

Social competency includes social, emotional, cognitive and behavioral skills.  These competencies are the real foundation of future interactions and relations. A child’s emotional skills refer to his ability to understand his own and others’ emotions and feelings.   Socially and emotionally active child has strong communication skills among pears, learns use of words, builds vocabulary, expresses his emotions and promotes his self esteem and confidence.

In my opinion, socially and emotionally competent child looks like a preschooler sharing his snack with his friends, a boy involving his parents in extra circular activities, a little girl asks her brother if he is ok after falling on the ground. I believe, social and emotional competencies help children to construct healthy and positive relationship and help them to control their moods and behaviors. Theorists such as Vygotsky and Malaguzzi believed that the social learning guides the cognitive development of children (Gandini, 2012). However, Vygotsky associated the cognitive development with varying social and cultural backgrounds (Vygotsky, 1993).

Children are like sponges

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