Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Note: A lot of these notes and assignments are doubled up in my Child Development class. If I am teaching both classes at the same time I often will often leave several of these things out in my Child Development class so as to leave it in my Early Childhood Education class and have less overlap.
Base of Power Notes and Videos
Click on the link to get to the video series. These videos summarize the important parts of the light side and the dark side of relationship power. I send these out to parents, usually 2 a week so they can learn about it as well.
Discipline Notes
Discipline Practice Video
Students make a video practicing discipline techniques discussed in above notes
Discipline = Teaching Assignment
Students fill in the slides
Blaming vs Lagging Skills
While teaching if a child is having problems is easy to blame them and put unhelpful labels on them. Kids who have trouble are lagging in skills to help them to be successful. A teacher can help them learn these lagging skills but first they must be identified
Emotion Coaching Notes
Daniel Goleman published a book about Emotion Coaching, the premise is about how to produce emotionally intelligent children. The book is here.
Emotion Coaching Practice Assignment
Template
ECE Problems RubricECE Disability TopicsDevelopmental Lagging SkillsDevelopmental Problems Presentation Assignment
Inside Out Questions
Students watch the disney movie Inside Out and answer the questions on the sheet