Contents
Module Objectives
In this module you will:
- Evaluate the theories of Piaget and Vygotsky to infant development
- Examine how play materials support infants to develop math concepts
- Continue working in your Play Materials Zine
Assignment #1 Theorists
Watch the video about Piaget. Complete this handout as you watch the Piaget video.
Watch this video about Vygotsky. Complete this handout as you watch the Vygotsky video.
Review this Power Point
Answer the questions below?
- Which theorist do you most connect with? Why?
- Which theory/ theorist do you think best describes how infants develop and learn? Why?
CLICK HERE TO POST YOUR RESPONSES
Assignment #2: Math for Infants
Read Geist (2009) and Greenberg (2012). Complete this handout as you read the articles.
Geist (2009)Greenberg (2012)
Review the Power Point. I narrate the Power Point in this video
Find the toy associated with your name
Math Materials OnlineAnswer the questions below:
- What specific math skills/ concepts from the Geist (2009) and the Power Point could a baby develop from your toy?
- How will the toy help the baby develop those math skills?
CLICK HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Assignment #3: Play Material Zine
What should you do this week?
- Communicate with your group! Let me know if you are having trouble reaching a group member
- Identify your play material. See Module 4 Assignment 3 for a list of play materials. Pick 1 to focus on – that is the 1st step!
- What is your assigned color (I sent it in an email)?
- Go to your group’s Google folder, to the Google Doc for Module 10.
- What is your role for the week (based on your color)?
- Add material to the Google Doc for Modules 9 based on your assigned color/ role.
- Our audience is infant teachers who are working in the field –what you can share with them (from the articles, videos, etc. that will be helpful). They already know general info – they need specifics (quotes, concepts, details, etc. from the videos & reading) to support their work!
- Go back to Modules 5-9 and add material to the Google Doc based on your role.
- Check to see if you can access Flipsnack; this video reviews how to access Flipsnack.
- With your group, start putting the info you have collected — your data — into paragraphs! There is a new document in your Google folder to support you in the writing process. Remember, your audience is infant teachers – so they want specifics!
Assignment #4: Self-Assessment
At the end of the semester you will determine your grade for ECE 209 based on your self-assessment of what you have learned. In preparation for your self-assessment, answer the questions below; you will answer these questions at the end of each module so you have a record of what you have learned over the semester. You can answer the questions here on Open Lab or create a journal on Blackboard (which would be private).
- What did you learn in this module?
- Information/ knowledge
- Skills
- Insights (connections you made or “ah-ha’s” you had about the material)
- How will the material from this module better prepare you to work with infants?
