CLD 212 Lecture 3: Week 3 Lecture Notes
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What will children learn: elect principle 5: play is a means to learning that capitalizes on children"s natural curiosity and exuberance . Indirect and teacher-directed methods: be flexible enough to provide for unexpected child interests, be intellectually stimulating. Using the elect for planning early learning network. Elect principles 4: a planned curriculum supports early learning . Elect: understanding children"s development (pg 15-17: continuum of development for infants, toddlers, preschools and, 2) root skills (pg 17) school aged children, sequence of steps along developmental trajectories that are typical for the majority of children. Continuum of development has three components: provides information about children"s growing skills, 1) domain (pg 17) Reflect areas of significance in the early years and are the most commonly used domains in early childhood curricula. Specific capacities, processes, abilities and competencies that exist within a domain . As an educator you create strategies to support children practicing the skills: 3) indicators (of the skills) (pg 17)