A teacher's impact

The middle age stage in childhood is a time that unravels great growth within a child. Children spend much of their time in a classroom, which is why a teacher will have a significant impact in the child's physical, emotional/social, and cognitive development. Teachers provide the children with resources and information that they use in order to learn new concepts. They fuel a child's brain to absorb what is being taught. They develop different techniques in order to accommodate every child and allow them equal opportunities to learn. At this stage, teachers prepare the students to begin thinking on their own and making connections between what they are learning. They prepare lesson plans in which they help students really learn by having hands on activities that promotes the students to think. A teachers main goal is to get the students to begin thinking and exploring the information they are receiving and applying it as well. teachers also impact a child's social and emotional development. They allow for kids to interact with each other and the activities they are presented require this kind of interaction. In a classroom, children must learn to get along with one another and work together to accomplish a task. They also impact a child's self esteem. Teachers can improve a child's self esteem by encouraging and praising them. They can also impact it in a negative way by punishing them for not understanding a concept. Also,  a teacher's expectations impact the student. If she expects high of a student, the student will respond to that expectations likewise if she expected low of the student. A teacher also impacts a child physical development. They encourage the use of gross motor skills when they are out in the playground. Children begin to learn to run, climb and play fight. Inside the classroom children learn to use their fine motor skills for more intricate use of their muscles. With the vast amount of time spent in the classroom, it is no wonder that teachers impact this growing stage in a child's life.