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Last week, you developed the beginning framework for your thematic unit by completing the ECE Learning Activities Brainstorm. In that assignment, you used your state’s learning standards to locate a standard for different developmental areas. This was an important first step in creating a developmentally appropriate thematic unit that you will have fully developed by the end of this course. This week, you will take five of the standards you identified last week and develop them into stimulating learning activities.
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Read Chapter 8: Physical Development, Wellness and Creative Movement
Read Chapter 9: Social and Emotional Development and the Social Studies
Watch Encouraging Physical Activity in Preschoolers
Watch Practical Strategies for Teaching Social Emotional Skills
Review the Using Learning Standards Video in this week’s Learning Activity for guidance.
Download the ECE Learning Activities template. You are required to use this template for your assignment. Only complete the Week 4 Learning Activities: Physical Development and Social Skills section. (The template is all you are required to submit. No additional paper is needed.).
In your assignment, answer each area of the template to:
Develop a learning activity for fine motor skills related to your theme.
Develop a learning activity for gross motor skills related to your theme.
Develop a learning activity for self-concept related to your theme.
Develop a learning activity for emotional skills related to your theme.
Develop a learning activity for social skills related to your theme.
ECE Learning Activities: Physical Development and Social Skills,
Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word
Must include a title page containing the following:
Title of assignment
Student’s name
Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
Must use at least two credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library Research Links tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
If you are working towards your CDA®, this assignment is aligned with CDA® Subject Area 2: Advancing children’s physical and intellectual development and CDA® Subject Area 3: Supporting children’s social and emotional development. The Council for Professional Recognition, not the University of Arizona Global Campus, is responsible for awarding the CDA®. For more information about the required steps for the CDA® please visit https://www.cdacouncil.org/en/.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your journal entries.
Waypoint Assignment Submission
The assignments in this course will be submitted to Waypoint. Please refer to the instructions below to submit your assignment.
Click on the Assignment Submission button below. The Waypoint “Student Dashboard” will open in a new browser window.
Browse for your assignment.
Click Upload.
Confirm that your assignment was successfully submitted by viewing the appropriate week’s assignment tab in Waypoint.
For more detailed instructions, refer to the Waypoint Tutorial.