Skills for School Readiness Article

Summarize each part of the article in your own words.
Independence: They learn to do things on their own, and they don't want others to help them. The children don't believe they need help and want to complete tasks on their own.

Compassion: When children are infants and toddlers they believe they are the center of attention. But by kindergarten, they begin to feel empathy and are able to put themselves in other peoples shoes. They recognize the strengths and weaknesses of others and share their sorrow/pride.

Trust: A child's trust can be earned through love/care. Upon developing this trust, they feel as if they are members of a special group, on which they can feel secure with. As a child gains their independence, the idea of protection from adults as they explore and discover further builds this trust.

Creativity: Starting with babies- they are born curious and love to explore. As toddlers- they get into everything and climb into interesting places. By kindergarten- children are eager to work on and solve their own problems.

Self-Control: In kindergarten, children should understand and accept the need for rules, respect the belongings of their peers. Also take responsibility for simple tasks. Finally be clear about appropriate and inappropriate ways to express anger.

Perserverance and Resilience: Children, ideally have knowledge with problem- solving, brain storming, and evaluating. They use these things to help them do other things. When they are encouraged to try again they become more confident.

2. Explain how one of the activities that your group chose to share with the class supports all of the attitudes and behaviors from above.
The activity that our group chose to share with the class was the art center because they are free to draw or paint whatever they want and be independent without having someone telling them what to do. It relates to compassion because of the comments and remarks the child's classmates or even teachers make towards their artwork- whether its praise or disgust. Trust is present when it comes to being confident with their artwork and allowing people to view it without worrying. The art center presents a way for the child to create new things in their mind and putting it down on paper which is also known as creativity. Self-control allows the child to stay inside the lines without messing up or creating artwork that is reliable to be on the "refrigerator". It relates to perserverance by creating the artwork in the first place and then exceeding people's expectations.