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Module Objectives
In this module you will:
- Identify the elements essentials for an infant classroom
- Create an infant classroom
- Continue working on your Play Materials Zine
Assignment #1: Thinking about Infant Environments
Go to FlipGrid (https://flipgrid.com/499ae4fb your log in is your first name as it appears on CUNYFirst) and record your answer to this question:
What should be included in an infant classroom environment? Why?
Assignment #2: Creating an Infant Environment
Read Gonzalez-Mena (2013) Isbell & Isbell (2007) and Post, Hohmann & Epstein (2011). Complete this handout as you read
Gonzalez-Mena(2013)Isbell & Isbell (2007)
Post, Hohmann & Epstein (2011)
Watch Lets Talk About Environments! Complete this handout as you watch the video.
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/video/lets-talk-about-environments
Review the Infant Environment Checklist
Infant Environment ChecklistUsing paper and pencils, markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc. to create an infant classroom environment, Review the Infant Environment Checklist to ensure you have the all the essentials elements for an infant classroom. Label what’s in your space. Take a picture of your infant classroom and email it to me so I can post it on OpenLab.
Here are some sample infant classrooms for ideas:
CLICK HERE TO SEE ENVIRONMENTS CREARED BY YOUR COLLEAGUES
Share what you like about 1-2 environments created by your colleagues!
Assignment #3: Play Materials Zine
What should you do this week?
This week continue writing your play materials zine article!
- Go into the Google folder for your group and find the “Play Materials Zine Article (Group Name)” Google Doc
- Use the information from the Google documents from Modules 5-11 to create your article
- Each person/ role should work writing the following sections:
- Red – Cognitive & Math
- Yellow – Language, Communication Skills & Play
- Blue – Physical (Fine & Gross Motor) & Sensory Processing
- Purple – Social-Emotional, Introduction & Conclusion
Assignment #4: Self-Reflection
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?