The Covid-19 pandemic has been far reaching, even into the classroom disrupting life as it was. Young children and teachers can no longer leave their home and go into the physical classroom. Classes are now being held in the home by means of technology.  This has been a new experience for myself and my fellow colleagues, this experience brought with it some challenges and an opportunity to grow in the field and be more creative and innovative. In planning for young pre-school aged children our activities must be developmentally appropriate in order to meet the learning needs of the children. As a team we realized that with classes being done remotely this aspect of the planning must not change but take on a different delivery. I first had to think about the children and their profiles to ensure that as I planned their goals and experiences would be applicable how they learn and develop as well as challenging enough to encourage interest and progress  (Virtual Kit: Development...

As an early childhood teacher, this pandemic has brought growth along with the many challenges. I was very apprehensive about delivering classes remotely to young children outside of what I grew accustomed to in the comfort of my classroom. I also was a bit weary on how the parents will be able to support me in this venture. Young children can be very restless and distracted and so I knew that I had to bring my A game. After pondering and sighing, I got down to planning for the individual children in the class, it was important that every child received instruction in a fun way that appealed to them. It was important that the parents’ job was only to ensure that they were able to receive and distribute the material and have the children present. I also had to take into consideration that screen time would have to be limited and so plan carefully to integrate many activities throughout the weeks and days to ensure that the daily diet for learning was packed with the essentials. This in ...