High School Child Psychology and Development

Student Learnings: What students should know and be able to do

• The student will explain the benefits of studying child development.
• The student will define the term child development.
• The student will identify 10 theorists and their role in developing theories in child psychology.
• The student will describe the physical development that occurs in preschool children.
• The student will describe preschool children’s gross-motor and fine-motor skills.
• The student will relate how new cognitive skills emerge in preschool children.
• The student will identify the major concepts learned at this stage of mental development.
• The student will analyze preschool readiness issues.
• The student will explain how preschool children learn gender roles.
• The student will describe how feelings and emotions change during the preschool years.
• The student will plan ways to meet the developmental needs of preschool children.
• The student will stimulate preschool children’s cognitive abilities.
• The student will assist preschoolers in meeting their social and emotional needs.
• The student will create lesson plans incorporating activities that meet the developmental needs of preschool children.
• The student will be able to prepare environment and guide socio-dramatic play activities.
• The student will list techniques for effective guidance.
• The student will identify the goals of effective guidance.
• The student will be able to summarize guidelines for observing children.
• The student will describe various direct guidance and indirect guidance principles.
• The student will identify the value/ importance of play.
• The student will describe effective plans for organizing early childhood classrooms.
• The student will discuss methods of protecting health and safety in early childhood classrooms.
• The student will explain how to plan daily schedules and appropriate activities for classes of young children.
• The student will discuss methods of promoting positive behavior.
• The student will summarize factors that affect the organization of space.
• The student will design a parent letter communicating play school goals and activities.

Instructional resources for this curriculum:

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Working with Young Children

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Children, the Early Years