Undergraduate Early Childhood
Undergraduate Early Childhood
2003 Spring Term
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EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC METHODS
EARLYCHD 222
Early Childhood Music Methods is designed to prepare early childhood education majors to enhance and support music education through awareness of the role of music in children's lives and the goals and processes necessary for musical development. Preservice teachers gain skills, understandings and dispositions which will allow them to enrich classroom environments through the incorporation of music into various school settings.
PROGRAMS AND CURRICULUM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
EARLYCHD 321
The investigation of various early childhood programs with emphasis on planning the environment: designing, implementing, and evaluating learning and teaching in an effective manner.
COMMUNITY-SCHOOL-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS
EARLYCHD 330
This course is designed to aid the student in identifying the interrelationships of home, school, community, and society in affecting the education of children. An emphasis is placed on the children-at-risk concept and its implications for teachers. A second emphasis will be given to techniques of communication between parents and teachers and means of actively engaging community members in the school. 20 hours of community volunteer work will be required.
NUTRITION AND HEALTH: EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLYCHD 340
This course pertains to the needs of the young child of preschool age through the third grade, with emphasis on knowledge of nutrition, safety, and health in homes and community and school settings.
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
EARLYCHD 361
A study of literature and media for Early Childhood, PreK-6; emphasis on evaluating, selecting, and presenting materials related to the interests and needs of children and the curriculum.
PROGRAMS AND CURRICULUM FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS
EARLYCHD 462
This course will enable students to plan a sequential curriculum for children from birth to age three. Issues, concepts, and research findings pertaining to group care of infants and toddlers in a variety of settings will be considered, as well as teaching strategies employed with very young children.
ADMINISTRATION OF PRE/SCHOOL PROGRAMS
EARLYCHD 475
The concentration of this course is upon managerial skills. Areas of emphasis are licensing, writing policies, programming, staffing, finances, professional ethics, and public relations.