Ms. Choy Mian Yee
Break Out Presenter
Senior
Lecturer
Mian Yee is an educator and an occupational therapist by training and has in-depth clinical expertise working with families and children with developmental needs in clinical organisations, early intervention centres and in preschools.
She enjoys working with trans-disciplinary teams and has extensive experience leading clinical services, training educators and practitioners in early intervention centres as well as preschools.
She has worked alongside parents, policy makers, centre leaders and practitioners in early childhood and early intervention fields to design and refine services/programmes through consultancy projects that are nationally implemented across the early intervention centres in Singapore.
Presentation Topic and Synopsis
Fostering Learning by Establishing Routines for Children and Caregivers
What is the role of routines in children's learning? How can families be supported in the use of routines at home? How can educators leverage on routines to embed learning opportunities for children with typical and/or developmental needs in the preschool setting?
This presentation will review the importance of routines for families and in children's learning in natural environments, explore strategies to guide families to embed learning for children through routines at home, and survey the approaches for educators to work with caregivers and professionals to capitalize on the use of routines in classroom teaching.