EDUC-212 Advanced Methods and Materials in Early Childhood Education

The student will integrate the early childhood activities presented in EDUC-112 with daily program planning and overall curriculum goals. The course will emphasize webbing, collecting and preparing a variety of activities and materials using the Project Approach to Planning.

Credits

Prerequisite

EDUC-111 and EDUC-112

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Write lesson plans that integrate the various areas of the early childhood
curriculum.
2. Plan and write up a project for a class of young children in correct format,
implementing developmentally appropriate practice.
3. Discuss how developmentally appropriate practices are the basis of an effective
early childhood program.
4. Develop awareness of and resources for anti-bias / multicultural programming for
young children.
5. Develop awareness of and plan an activity for a pro-social curriculum.
6. Prepare activities and materials that incorporate the development of language and
emergent literacy in all curriculum areas.
7. Discuss how concept development is integrated in the early childhood curriculum.
8. Discuss the importance of play as it relates to active learning in the early
childhood curriculum.
9. Define creativity and list ways that teachers can help children express themselves
creatively.
10. Prepare art materials and equipment, and describe the techniques and strategies
involved in a creative art program for young children.
11. Assemble the materials and demonstrate how to make different puppets and
discuss the appropriate use of puppets.
12. List the basic goals of a music and movement program, and develop a music or
movement activity.
13. Discuss the use of a prop box in dramatic play, and plan and assemble the
materials to be included in a prop box.
14. Collect and prepare supplemental materials for teaching science.
15. List the basic goals of a math curriculum, and develop a math activity.
16. Demonstrate age appropriate cooking activities with the use of a recipe chart.

Course Objectives

1. Write lesson plans that integrate the various areas of the early childhood
curriculum.
2. Plan and write up a project for a class of young children in correct format,
implementing developmentally appropriate practice.
3. Discuss how developmentally appropriate practices are the basis of an effective
early childhood program.
4. Develop awareness of and resources for anti-bias / multicultural programming for
young children.
5. Develop awareness of and plan an activity for a pro-social curriculum.
6. Prepare activities and materials that incorporate the development of language and
emergent literacy in all curriculum areas.
7. Discuss how concept development is integrated in the early childhood curriculum.
8. Discuss the importance of play as it relates to active learning in the early
childhood curriculum.
9. Define creativity and list ways that teachers can help children express themselves
creatively.
10. Prepare art materials and equipment, and describe the techniques and strategies
involved in a creative art program for young children.
11. Assemble the materials and demonstrate how to make different puppets and
discuss the appropriate use of puppets.
12. List the basic goals of a music and movement program, and develop a music or
movement activity.
13. Discuss the use of a prop box in dramatic play, and plan and assemble the
materials to be included in a prop box.
14. Collect and prepare supplemental materials for teaching science.
15. List the basic goals of a math curriculum, and develop a math activity.
16. Demonstrate age appropriate cooking activities with the use of a recipe chart.