Self-Reflection: Home-School-Community Connections Write a 2 to 3 page self-reflection paper describing your home-school-community connections experienced during early childhood and/or elementary school years.  Review the Beyond the Bake Sale checklist: “4 Versions of Family-School Partnerships” which helps to assess partnership practices.  In your paper, incorporate key concepts and professional terminology from your course readings and […]

The final project requires you to create an Action Plan for your center, school and/or community.  This action plan is a culmination of the fundamental concepts, contextualist theories, NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct, NAEYC Families and Community Relationships Standards, model programs, and strategies learned throughout the course. Using the knowledge and resources you have gained, […]

Program Visitation Application Assignment (80 Points) Early Childhood Program Visitation: Family Engagement Evidence – due Unit 6   Part A. Environmental Observation:   Conduct a program observation in a local child care center, family child care home or early elementary school (grades 1 through 3).   Use the “assigned observational checklist” to determine evidence of […]

Read the article, “Intentionally Thoughtful Family Engagement in Early Childhood Education”.    The case study is found on pages 4 and 5 (13 and 14).    The case study focuses on a 4-year-old boy from China who does not speak English and behaves developmentally more like a 2-year-old.  You will read about relationships between the […]

Self-Reflection: Home-School-Community Connections Write a 2 to 3 page self-reflection paper describing your home-school-community connections experienced during early childhood and/or elementary school years.  Review the Beyond the Bake Sale checklist: “4 Versions of Family-School Partnerships” which helps to assess partnership practices.  In your paper, incorporate key concepts and professional terminology from your course readings and […]

It’s time to introduce ourselves to each other! Feel free to share any name/nickname that you would like us to use when addressing you in the discussion forums. Please provide the following information:   Where you live;   Your experiences with young children from birth through 8 years;   Your current and future goals;   […]

DQ1 Advocacy & Action Plan Sharing   Please read Dennis Vicar’s article “We the Parents” and think about how it connects to the Strengthening Families Approach.  Is there information in the proposed “Parent’s Bill of Rights” that can be incorporated into your advocacy and action plan?   Use this forum as an opportunity for collaborative […]

Caring Communities Read the article “Laws of Physics Can’t Trump the Bonds of Love” and view the video on “Wright’s Law.”    View the Parent Leadership Training Institute 8-minute video.   Identify at least one message from each video that portrays caring communities.    Share specific thoughts on how you can advocate for a more […]

Using the activity plan template found in Course Information and above and what you have learned in this unit, plan a physical activity for young children.   Identify the target child age   Include an adaptation for children with special needs   Use Bloom’s Taxonomy and the list of action verbs to help you with […]

Health, Safety and Nutrition Interrelationship   Review all the information provided and the readings. Using the unit readings and your own research, describe the interrelationship of health, safety, and nutrition in a two-page paper.   The paper should meet the following requirements:   APA formatted   2 pages in length excluding the title and reference […]