This poster is about a book called The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. I used a black background because the book is a little dark and sinister and it also stands for the black suits in a deck of cards. The red border stands for a few things: The red suits in a deck of cards, and the bloodshed from war. the effects I added to my poster are supposed to give the feeling of mystery and fantasy. The twisted emblem is supposed to look like a magic portal that leads to maybe a fantasy world. I also used a lot of gold colors to give the sense of royalty.
Inclusion in the Classroom has recently been an important topic in today's society. Education World addresses this issue, discussing the reasons behind why some people are against inclusion or for it. I believe inclusion is a philosophy. Anyone who believes in inclusion believes that all children should and can be respected. They would also believe that all children, regardless of who they are, should have the opportunity to play and learn in a setting with all their peers. This means that any extra help or services, such as physical therapy or speech therapy, should be brought into the classroom so the child needing such services does not have to leave their peers. In an inclusive classroom, everyone is welcome; everyone is accepted and loved for who they are.
The two major acts of federal legislation that support early childhood inclusion are the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA is a federal civil rights law that was put into effect in 1990. It states that early childhood centers cannot exclude any child from the program because of their disability. It is also the center’s responsibility for providing reasonable accommodations for the children. The only exception for exclusion would be if that child became a threat to themselves, the teachers, or any of the other children at that program. The IDEA is a United States federal law that directs how states and public organizations provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities. It addresses the needs of children with disabilities from birth to age 21.
The NAtional Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has a great article, The Benefits of an Inclusive Education: Making It Work, that explains the benefits of inclusion in an early childhood classroom.
There are many benefits of including children with disabilities in the early childhood program. Not only does inclusion benefit the children with disabilities, who may have been excluded before, but it also benefits the children without disabilities, the teachers, families, and the community. When a school is all-inclusive, it opens up a whole new realm of possibilities and opportunities for the children to learn and develop. Children without disabilities are able to learn more about diversity and our differences, develop empathy for others, helping skills, and learn how to be accepting of everyone. In an inclusive classroom, the children will learn from one another. This peer-to-peer learning and modeling sometimes works better than any other way of teaching or learning, and when it happens, it is a beautiful thing. Children with disabilities will have more friends of varying abilities to watch and follow in an inclusive program. They can also improve their socialization, increase their language skills, and progress and grow more than they would in a non-inclusive classroom.
Beyond Differences and Diagnoses: The Celebration of Inclusion for All Children
Provides parents and other adults working with young children knowledge of the stages evidenced in children's product creation, the stages and importance of dramatic play experiences, and how to use playful experiences to prepare children socially, emotionally, and cognitively for success in later school. All children, with and without disabilities, will play amongst and alongside their age-alike peers developing the social skills necessary to become productive members of society when given the time and opportunity to do so.
Families also benefit from inclusion in great ways. Parents have a bigger support system of teachers and other parents of children with or without disabilities. They are also able to see that every child, regardless of a disability, is at a different level developmentally, which allows them to see that their child may not be that far off target. Teachers benefit from inclusion by having the opportunity to learn about the diversity in their classroom. They will experience new things, always be challenged, and have a classroom of children who will help teach each other. The best reward for a teacher of an all-inclusive classroom is knowing how much the children will profit from being part of an inclusive school. There are endless examples of the benefits of an inclusive classroom.
I searched "funny videos" and found a blog that had a video streamed into it. It was an ad about coffee, but the video showed a man taking a long time scraping off his car in the winter, but when he presses the unlock button, the identical car next to it, still covered in snow, beeps instead. The man scraped off the wrong car! This video was amusing and would definitely fall under my category of funny videos. Here is the link to it: Funny Video.
