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Setting 1: Infant/Toddler
ECE120-Infant and Toddler Care
Few things are as rewarding as seeing a child’s life unfold before your eyes. As we now know from brain research, the first three years of a child’s life are critical to all future development.
Objectives:
- Understand the importance of the first three years of a child’s life.
- Make your practice individualized and inclusive.
- Complete a case study project and a final project.
Additional Course Material:
- Textbook: Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers
Setting 2: Preschool
ECE223-Working with Preschoolers
The preschool years are a special time in the life of young children. It's essential that teachers learn about and provide the types of activities and experiences preschool children need.
Objectives:
- Understand how preschool children 3–5 years old learn and develop.
- Create an appropriate learning environment for preschool children.
- Complete two graded projects to practice your knowledge and skills.
Additional Course Material:
- Textbook: Creating Environments for Learning: Birth to Age Eight
Setting 3: Family Child Care
ECE225-Family Child Care
This course includes the practical consideration of issues and responsibilities in providing family child care for infants and young children. Topics include developmental domains, developmentally appropriate practices, curriculum and creating a successful environment.
Objectives:
- Identify typical milestones of physical and motor, cognitive, language and social and emotional development.
- Recognize activities and approaches that are developmentally appropriate in terms of physical and motor, cognitive, language and social and emotional skills.
- Define the areas of your program and practice that promote academic subjects as well as creativity or play, address safety issues, guide behavior and establish schedules and routines while in care.
Additional Course Material:
- Textbook: Family Child Care Curriculum: Teaching Through Quality Care
