Toddler site visit or interview -
You will visit a toddler classroom for a minimum of 2 hours, inside a state licensed childcare facility, preferably an NAEYC accredited center, and create an original classroom layout for a toddler classroom that supports the learning objectives, and growth and development stages and changes throughout toddlerhood. You will also provide a detailed description of that classroom layout/environment, and a brief "Day in the Life of..." schedule to provide a snapshot of the classroom in action. Tell why you chose to arrange the schedule in that way, and how this meets the developmental needs of young children.
Option B (to replace the 2 hour on-site visit)
Infants and their Interactions:
Create 5-10 interview questions and conduct a face-to-face interview with a parent. The interview must capture the following information:
- Human relationships
- Environmental influences
- Developmental domains and stages
- Childcare programs and developmental appropriateness
- Health, safety, and nutrition
- Modern day childcare legal issues
- Parental concerns and communications
- High quality childcare and state regulations for infants
- Risk factors and poverty
Create an ORIGINAL classroom layout for a toddler classroom that supports the learning objectives, and growth and development stages and changes throughout toddlerhood. You will also provide a detailed description of that classroom layout/environment, and a brief "Day in the Life of..." schedule to provide a snapshot of the classroom in action. Tell why you chose to arrange the schedule in that way, and how this meets the developmental needs of young children.
Toy Evaluation
Research a developmental learning toy that will support three out of the four development domains (cognitive, language, physical, and psychosocial) in infant and toddler growth and development. Create a blog that will describe the toy, explain how it is used, and evaluate the effectiveness of the toy meeting the needs of infant and toddler growth and development.
Objective: Evaluate play equipment and learning activities in terms of safety and suitability from 1-3 years based on your understanding of physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development.
Blog Expectations:
1. Identify an appropriate toy for a child 1-3 years. Score the toy on a 0-2 rating scale (scale below).
2. The toy must address at least 2 developmental areas for a child 1-3 years.
3. Explain why or why not the toy would not be developmentally beneficial for a child 1-3 years.
4. Describe 3 activities for families or professionals to do to extend the developmental concepts of the toy, which are appropriate for children 1-3 years in the areas of art, language, math, music, or science.
5. Explain the developmental concepts the child will use during the activities.
Assessment: Appropriate Toys
Toy is age appropriate and at least 2 developmental areas are accurately addressed in detail.
Toy is age appropriate and at least 1 developmental area is accurately addressed in detail.
Toy is not age appropriate and/or developmental areas are inaccurate or missing.