Offered by: UMass Boston through OpenCourseWare

Course Level: Intermediate

Estimated Time To Complete: 20+ Hours

This course is designed to early childhood education professionals with the knowledge and skills to teach each content area according to the preschool learning guidelines, or state standards. This modules as part of the course on the preschool learning experiences will explain each part of the standard and give examples of how to teach the standard within an integrated curriculum. Through presentations, online resources, readings, and assignments students will gain knowledge of the components of each area: mathematics, English language arts, science and technology/engineering, the arts, and health education, and history and social science. The last module will cover the content of the Early Childhood Program Standards and how to incorporate those standards into daily practice.

Course Objectives

• Explain each of the standards and describe ways to teach it to preschool aged children.
• Design lesson plans and units to teach various academic and social skills across the preschool day.
• Identify individual learning experiences related to a specific content area in a classroom, video, or lesson plan.
• Teach the guidelines in a classroom and evaluate their lessons for effectiveness.

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