Reflection:

 

1.     The questions that worked to provide useful information about the child’s language, cultural background, and experiences where what languages does the child speak and how much experience has the child had with each language. 

2.     The questions that were challenging or did not provide meaningful information where if the parent had any hobbies or interest and also what she know how to do. 

3.     What I learn from completing this activity was that Daleyza family use a lot of Spanish at home. Even though Daleyza understands Spanish she prefers to speak English. 

Completed for: West Hills CDC

By: Kristin Resendez and Sandra Lopez-Rios

 

 

1. Mission:

West Hills Community College District is committed to providing high quality early care and education programs throughout their service areas to ensure families have access to care for their child; children are prepared for their future education; and the college student is exposed to the highest of standards in a laboratory setting. The early care and education programs are located at Child Development Centers in Coalinga, Lemoore, Firebaugh, San Joaquin, and Avenal. These centers will evolve to exemplify best practices in early education; serve as a model for other educational institutes; and become accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Learn more about the program's Philosophy and Goals. 

 

 

2. School Readiness Goals for Dual Language Learners (DLLs):

Infants/Toddlers:  Children will attend to, understand, respond to, and learn through communication and language experiences, including communication systems such as sign language. Children will use non-verbal communication and increasing oral language or a communication system to express needs and wants and engage other.

Preschool: Our School readiness goals for our DLL students are for them to be able to recite the alphabet, shapes, numbers and simple site words in English. We also focus on their conversation's skill and social emotion skills.

      

 

 

3. To ensure full and effective participation of DLLs we implement POLL principles and strategies:

 

• Classroom Language Models

        Our program focuses on English in the classroom, we can give instructions in the child/parents' home language to non-English speakers.  We can incorporate songs and nursery rhymes spoken in other languages also, we have a variety of bilingual books at our center. 

 

• Language and Culture Questionnaire

       We do not use a language questionnaire; I would like to begin using one. 

• Handbook

Our handbook is in English and there is a Spanish version online.

 

• Environments

       Our newsletters and parent handouts are in English and Spanish. We have songs and books in          several languages. 

• Oral Language

              We greet our non-English speakers in their home language.  We sing the days of the week in                   English and Spanish.  When playing color, shapes, and number games we recite them in English               and Spanish. 

• Family Engagement

      Our parent orientation is in English and Spanish.

• Child language assessment

       Our center uses DRDP, Asq’s and 5 tools to assess our students

• Professional Development  

       We are sent information on training that are available in our county.  This course was suggested from our supervisor.   There was a DLL training scheduled at our site, but we had to postpone it because of the virus.

 

 

Chapter 5 talks about how dual language learners’ term is used to refer to children birth to age five who are learning two or more languages at the same time or are learning a second language. I thought dual language learners happen at any age. I like how the chapter explains that being exposed to two or more languages at a young age is a gift.  I remember having a really hard time speaking English. I understood everything everyone was saying but I wasn’t comfortable.  Then when I got older, I was uncomfortable speaking Spanish, so is nice to see how being a dual language learner should be something to celebrated and not something to be embarrassed of. Is amazing to learn the children who are developing bilingually go through the same linguistic developmental precession as monolingual children. 

Chapter 6 Support for Young Dual Language Learners

 

Is amazing to learn how being exposed to two or more languages is a gift because children more language benefit cognitively, socially and emotionally. I always thought that if you were teaching children more than one language, they would have a hard time learning English. But I’ve learned that children could learn more than two languages, and not need to give up their home language in order to learn English. I like the idea of having a program structures for a balanced English and Home Language development Approach. I like the idea of all Spanish in morning or afternoon, and all English in afternoon or morning.