Child Development II
Early Childhood Education
This course is available for Asnuntuck's College Career Pathways
college credit.
Students earning an 80 or better will receive credit for Asnuntuck's
early childhood eduation course.
Course Outline
Quarter One: Research in Child
Development
Researchers
Theories
Brain development
Applications to teaching young children
Quarter Two: The Child from One
to Three
Physical
Development
Intellectual
Development
Social/Emotional Development
Major Projects:
Observations at day care centers, family resource center,
Creating activities to promote development,
and lesson plans
Toy/game analyses
Quarter Three: The Child Care Center
Accreditation standards (NAEYC)
Philosophy
Learning
centers
Teacher
qualities
Health and Safety
Major Projects:
Observation and evaluation of a child care facility, planning
preschool lesson plans, operating an in-house
nursery school,
observation paper on a child
Quarter Four: The Child from Four to
Six and Beyond
Physical Development
Intellectual Development
Social/Emotional Development
School adjustments
Major Projects:
Observation in town's pre-K, Kindergarten and First grade classrooms
Assisting teachers