Demographic Profiling Vs Eccd Socio-Emotional Checklist: Basis for Kindergarten School Readiness Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

School Readiness of a child has been an issue in the Kindergarten Community, there remain many issues related to a consistent understanding of the notion and its applications to increase the learning and development of all children, the quality of schools, and the involvement of families and communities. When the family has quality time, bonding and support to their child, there is a higher chance that a child becomes ready to enter kindergarten and succeed. Confidence built up as well as the socio-emotional development that makes them more eager to go to school and learn.

METHODS

A. Participants and/or other Sources of Data and InformationThe participants are the selected Kindergarten pupils in Sto. Nino Elementary Schools through random sampling. The study will be conducted from August 2017 up to December 2017. The researchers will be using the ECCD Checklist in this study.

RESULTS

29 out of 40 or 72.5% of selected pupils in the Kindergarten fall under Suggest Slightly Delay.

Overview of how data will be used

Researchers conduct an executed ECCD checklist as part of the evaluation of pupils readiness.ECCD checklist conducted through the performance of the selected pupils. observed the child through the parent interview to determine the socio-emotional domain of the child, take time for the parent of a child through interview.

Result through interview pupils got the higher SSD (Suggest Slightly Delay ) in the socio-emotional domain are pupils that their parents are supportive in any form. Those pupils who got the SSD are always absent because of not enough financial support from their parents.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the ECCD Checklist on Socio-Emotional Domain majority of the pupils falls under Suggest Slight Delay (SSD). Researchers will conduct this research to know the importance of school readiness. Based on this research both teachers and parents are very important to be part of pupils daily school day. Family day, quality of time for their children and parent-teacher communication is one way for the pupils past development especially in readiness.