What Young

Children Need

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 BASIC NEEDS
Every child has basic needs that have to be met:

food, health care, protection from harm or injury,

affection, interaction, stimulation and learning

through exploration and discovery.

The quality of care that the child receives from

conception, birth and throughout childhood will

determine whether a child will develop the best

possible way. Community of Learners Foundation

kalinga
Madaling magalit, matakot at maiyak ang
mga bata. Kailangan sagana sa
pasensiya, pag-unawa at simpatiya sa
damdamin ng bata ang magulang at iba
pang miyembro ng pamilya.

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 Early Care
Early care and nurturing
have a decisive and
long-lasting impact on
how people develop,
their ability to learn, and
their capacity to regulate
emotions.

Early experience affects

how young children deal
with stress later in life
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 EXTREME STRESS
 Children who
experience extreme
stress in their earliest
years are at greater
risk than peers
without this stress for
developing a variety
of cognitive,
behavioral and
emotional difficulties.

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Taking On Challenges
We should do more than help children
COPE with stress. We need to help them
learn to take on challenges.

Children who are willing to take on

challenges (instead of avoiding them or
simply coping with them) do better in
school and in life.

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kausap
Ang pag-unlad ng kanyang pananalita ay susi
sa mga susunod pang yugto ng pag-unlad at
pagkatuto.

Makakabuti sa bata ang palaging kinakausap

at paghikayat ng makihalo-bilo, makipaglaro
sa kapwa bata.
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 Children need to hone both listening and
speaking skills.
 Children need opportunities to engage in
meaningful conversations with peers in
various social contexts.
 Make reading an integral part of our
classroom life as this is a pathway to
better communication skills.

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 kasama
Para siguradong ligtas at nagagabayan
ang bata, mahalaga ang pamilya.

Ang mga magulang, kapatid at kamag-

anak ay ang mga unang guro at taga-pag-
alaga ng bata.

Mula sa pakikipagugnay sa pamilya at

kapwa bata, umuunlad ang bata.
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kalaro at panahon maglaro

Mahalaga ang paglalaro sa pag-unlad ng

isang bata. Ang paglalaro ay isang
magandang paraan upang maging bihasa ang
bata sa pananalita, pag-iisip at pagsasa-
ayos ng kanyang kaisipan. Natututo siya
tungkol sa mundong kanyang ginagalawan.
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Children learn
through play.

Play contributes to
the development
of representational
thinking as the
child represents
ideas, thoughts
and feelings
through play.

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 Through play, a
child learns to deal
with different
feelings, to interact
with others, to
resolve problems
and conflicts and
to gain a feeling of
competence.

 Through play,
children develop
their creativity and
imagination.

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 SOCIAL INTERACTION
Children learn through
social interaction with
children.

*strong links between

cognitive development
and socialization

e.g. clarifying, testing

ideas, broadening
perspective

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FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS
Social interaction lays the
foundation for certain
capabilities which are all
related to primary school
success:
reciprocity, mutual
respect, cooperation,
appreciation for
individual differences,
awareness of rules and
acceptable conventions
or behavior.
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 kalusugan
Mas maganda ang pag-unlad ng mga batang
malusog at masaya.

Gawing ligtas at malinis ang katawan at

kapaligiran upang maging malusog ang bata.

Bigyan ng tama at wastong pagkain at

hikayatin silang kumain Community
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Allchildren need a physically
active, healthy lifestyle,
beginning in their early years.
Unfortunately, poor nutrition,
inactivity, childhood obesity
and declining fitness are
common.

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 Psychological Benefits of Physical activity :
improving their control over symptoms of
anxiety and depression; assisting in social
development by providing opportunities
for self-expression, building self-
confidence, social interaction and
integration.

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Adequate Nutrition

Personal Hygiene

Environmental Care
and Protection

Immunization

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Exercise increases
oxygen intake,
improves short term
memory, makes
reaction time faster,
increases levels of
creativity.

Cross lateral movements

enhances the
connection between
the left and right sides
of the brain.

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Kakayahan at kaalaman
Pandama, kasangkapan para matuto - paningin,
pandinig, pang-amoy, pang-tikim at pandama

Gaya-gaya, buti nga para matuto!

Pakikipagkapwa-tao
Kapaligiran at kakayahan
Mula sa bahay, day care o kindergarten,
paaralan - panghabang-buhay na pagkatuto.
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 Patterns & Intelligence

The brain thrives on making and detecting

patterns as the brain is not designed for
linear, one-path thought

The ability to see patterns and make

relationships of the patterns is the essence
of intelligence.

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 Making Connections
Making connections is at the heart of learning—
figuring out what’s the same and what’s
different—and making unusual connections is at
the core of creativity.
In a world where information is so accessible, it is
the people who can see connections who are
able to go beyond knowing information to using
this information well.

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EMOTION  ATENTION  MEMORY

When information is
connected with an
emotion, it receives
a high priority for
processing

When emotions are

present, hormones
of the brain act like
memory fixatives

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 Sense and Meaning
For information to be
stored in long term
memory,
information must
make sense (learner
can fit the information
into existing
understanding) and it
must have
meaning (information
is relevant to learner)
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 Practice makes permanent

 10%
chance of
remembering
something done
once in 30 days,

 90%chance of
remembering
something done 6
times in 30 days
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 Laughter & A Positive Climate

Laughter increases white

blood cell activity and
changes the chemical
balance of the blood.

Production of chemicals
(e.g. adrenaline,
dopamine) is needed
for alertness and
memory

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Kapaligirang
mapagpayaman
sa karanasan
Hindi laruan at kasangkapan–
paglalaro, kalaro, pagkilos

Mapagpayaman: karanasan at
imahinasyon at tulungan silang maging
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 Hand-Brain Connection
Using fingers
stimulates the
brain
• tactile stimulation
positively affects
learning

• manipulating
fingers keeps a
person mentally
alert
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 Novelty
The brain pays closer
attention to things
and activities that
are new and
different.

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 Choices
Providing choices
makes children feel
more positive
about their work
and positive
feelings trigger
release of
endorphins which
enhance
functioning of brain
connections.
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 Problem-solving
Problem-solving
causes synapses to
form, chemicals to
activate, blood
flow to increase.

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References:
 Wilson,Donna, “Flourishing in the First Five Years”
 Shiller,Pam, “Start Smart:Building Brain Power in the
Early Years
 Galinsky, Ellen, “ Mind in the Making”
 Healy, Jane, “ Your Child’s Growing Mind”
 Evans,Judith, “Early Childhood Counts”, (The
International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development)
 Brazelton, T.Berry M.D. and Greenspan, Stanley M.D,
“The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child
Must Have to Grow, Learn and Flourish”