ECE Learning Activities: STEAM, Literacy and Curriculum Reflection
[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Throughout the last two weeks of class, you started developing a thematic unit. You will finalize the unit this week by developing plans for five more learning activities. You will also reflect on developmental domains and review key ideas about the early childhood curriculum concepts you learned in this course. Creating this unit and reflecting on these ideas will solidify your understanding of the information learned throughout this course.
To Prepare
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Read Chapter 10: Cognitive Development, Mathematics and Science
Read Chapter 11: Language, Literacy, and Language Arts
Locate your copy of the ECE Learning Activities template from Week 4. You are required to use this template for your assignment. (The template is all you are required to submit. No additional paper is needed.)
In your assignment, answer each area of the template to
Develop a learning activity for mathematics related to your theme.
Develop a learning activity for music and movement related to your theme.
Develop a learning activity for science/sensory related to your theme.
Develop a learning activity for language and literacy related to your theme.
Develop a learning activity for creative arts related to your theme.
Describe how you determined which activities to include in your thematic learning unit.
Reflect on what you learned from your teacher interview and how you applied that information to planning this thematic learning unit.
Describe how physical development is supported by the activities you developed.
Describe how cognitive development is supported by the activities you developed.
Describe how creativity is supported by the activities you developed.
ECE Learning Activities: STEAM, Literacy, and Curriculum Reflection
Must be five to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references page and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word
Must include a title page containing the following:
Title of assignment in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page
Student’s name
Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
Must use at least two credible sources, that have not been used in previous assignments, in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library Research Links tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
If you are working towards your CDA®, this assignment is aligned with CDA® Subject Area 1: Planning a safe and healthy learning environment, CDA® Subject Area 2: Advancing children’s physical and intellectual development, CDA® Subject Area 3: Supporting children’s social and emotional development, CDA® Subject Area 4: Building productive relationships with families, CDA® Subject Area 6: Maintaining a commitment to professionalism, and CDA® Subject Area 8: Understand principles of child development and learning. The Council for Professional Recognition, not the University of Arizona Global Campus, is responsible for awarding the CDA®. For more information about the required steps for the CDA® please visit https://www.cdacouncil.org/en/.
If you are working towards your CDA®, this assignment may support the creation of the Nine Stimulating Activities for the Chosen Age Group/Setting artifact and the How I Support the Advancement of Physical & Intellectual Competency Statement for your CDA® Professional Portfolio. The Council for Professional Recognition, not the University of Arizona Global Campus, is responsible for awarding the CDA®.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your journal entries.
Waypoint Assignment Submission
The assignments in this course will be submitted to Waypoint. Please refer to the instructions below to submit your assignment.
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