Annotated Bibliography:Social Skills, Educational Development and Health Disparities

Annotated Bibliography:Social Skills, Educational Development and Health Disparities

Arnold, D. Preschool Children: Social Skills, Educational Development and Health Disparities. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016.

Social skills have a lot of importance throughout the lifespan of an individual. Often, social skills are defined as particular social behaviors that generate desired social connections.  Arnold demonstrates throughout this book, the concept of social skills in relation to other ideas like social, emotional learning, and social competence in preschool learners. The author provides social training programs with related risk concerns for children who have autism. Arnold produces this informing piece, which targets the development of preschool learners’ social-emotional competency by noting the importance of a balanced elementary-literacy style. Further, he offers effective message strategies of preschool educators and parents for persuading preschoolers. Finally, Arnold establishes the significance of teaching and parenting experience on the appropriate adoption of practical preschool approaches.

Colombo, Leone, and Rachele Bianchi. Preschool Children: Physical Activity, Behavioral Assessment, and Developmental Challenges. Nova Science Publishers, 2010.

This book discusses the concerns related to the natures of literacy acquisition and impairment across cultures at the elementary age. The authors consider the environmental aspects of the development of literacy skills in preschool learners. Further, Bianchi and Colombo define the influence of parenting on a child’s language development and the significance of early identification of impairment in children. This book informs this research because the authors communicate the importance of understanding a child’s environmental influence on language development. Also, included in the book, is the essence of understanding motor developments in a child from infancy as this helps to define a learner’s personality. The authors as well determine the learning inhibitors in children throughout the book, for example, oral health problems and sleep impairment, which significantly affect learning in children.

Muthukrishnan, Priyadarshini, Mong Sze Kee, and Gurnam Kaur Sidhu. “Addition Error Patterns among the Preschool Children.” International Journal of Instruction, 12.2 (2019): 115-132.

Muthukrishnan, Kee, and Sidhu emphasize that children develop academic competencies very early in life. However, they advise that not all children acquire the standard guidance necessary to strengthen their competency. The authors acknowledge the importance of the preschool learning environment to the academic improvement of preschool children. This article assesses the development of numeracy skills in children as well. It acknowledges the essence of exploring a child’s conceptual skills and knowledge for mathematics capability. The authors advise that children should be taught mathematical skills after they learn how to count with simple numbers, and that numeracy should be instructed from the beginning of the second grade. Muthukrishnan, Kee, and Sidhu also stress the importance of early and appropriate intervention to help identify the problems children have with arithmetic to enhance their conceptual development.

Stanton-Chapman, T. L., & Huaqing Qi, C. (2013). Preschool Children: Education, Language, Social Functioning and Behavioral Issues. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2013.

Social skills, language development, and behavioural functioning are essential elements that should be instructed in both preschool children who present standard cognitive growth and those elementary learners without disabilities. Stanton-Chapman explains the importance of inclusivity for all preschoolers with different individual needs. He delivers suitable information concerning the intervention approaches which preschool educators should adopt in teaching children with disabilities, for example, challenging behaviour and autism spectrum disorders. Besides, this book observes the undesirable effects of risk factors on the development of a preschooler. He advises early identification and screening of behavioural challenges in children to help determine the best methods of education instruction which will generate desired outcomes, for instance, numeracy and literacy development. For any educator, a guardian, or a parent wishing to improve the learning competency of a child with language difficulty and limited social skills, this book delivers informing content concerning the navigation strategies that can enable a preschooler to improve in language capability. Furthermore, inside this book, the author emphasizes the need for early identification to help preschoolers excel in the learning environment.