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2. ECE 345 Week 1 DQ 1 Fostering Infant Toddlers’ Emotional Development For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Fostering Infant/Toddlers’ Emotional Development [CLO: 1]. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Please define the following concepts in relation to infants and toddlers: · Well-being · Competence · Quality of life How does the relationship-based model discussed in Chapter 1 of the text foster an infants’ and toddlers’ sense of well-being, competence and quality of life?

3. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 1 DQ 2 Theories of Emotional Development For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Theories of Emotional Development [CLO: 1]. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Discuss theories of emotional development presented in Chapter 3 of your text. What does each theory emphasize? How are the theoriessimilar, how do they differ? How would knowledge of these theories guide teaching strategies and teacher/child

4. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 2 DQ 1 Learning Through Relationships For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Learning Through Relationships [CLOs: 1 & 2]. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Modeling/Imitation, Scaffolding and Theory of Mind are each discussed in Chapter 8 of our text as effective strategies used by adults to foster early learning. Please define and discuss each of these strategies including specific examples of how a teacher may utilize each of these strategies in an infant/toddler classroom.

5. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 2 DQ 2 Object Permanence Cause and Effect For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Object Permanence/Cause and Effect [CLOs: 1 & 2]. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Briefly describe the concepts of object permanence, and cause and effect. Share your observations from the video and specific activities/experiences an Infant/ Toddler teacher might implement which foster an infants’/ toddlers’ learning of object permanence and cause and effect.

6. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 2 Informing and Engaging Families For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Informing and Engaging Families [CLOs: 1, 2 & 4]. Due by Day 7. In two to three double-spaced pages (not including the title and references pages), · Discuss a plan to inform families of their child’s stages of cognitive development. · Describe examples for both home and preschool where families could be meaningfully involved in experiences fostering their child’s cognitive development.

7. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 3 DQ 2 Fostering Language Development For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Fostering Language Development [CLO: 2].1st Posting Due by Day 3. Parents and Early Childhood Teachers have unique opportunities and responsibilities to foster an infants’ and toddlers’ language development. Please share at least three strategies parents and/or teachers can use to foster and support infants’ and toddlers’ language development.

8. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 3 Stages of Language Development For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Stages of Language Development [CLOs: 1, 2 & 3]. Due by Day 7. In two to three double-spaced pages (not including title and references pages), choose three stages of language development as discussed in Chapter 9 of your text; in your own words, · Describe each stage, and expand on concepts highlighted in each stage. · Discuss the implications of this information for parents and teachers.

9. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 4 DQ 1 Influence of the Physical Environment on Development For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Influence of the Physical Environment on Development [CLOs: 2 & 3]. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Discuss the overall importance of a well- designed physical environment for an infants’ and toddlers’ motor, language and cognitive environment. Specifically include discussion of at least one positive influence of the physical environment and one negative influence of the physical environment.

10. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 4 DQ 2 Cephalocaudal and Proximal-Distal Motor Development For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Cephalocaudal and Proximal-Distal Motor Development [CLO: 2]. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Please define both cephalocaudal and proximal-distal motor development. Share how an understanding of these concepts can influence a parent’s and teacher’s support of an infants’ and toddlers’ motor development. Please provide an analysis of how these two areas of development influence infants’ and toddlers’ abilities to move around, use tools, and coordinate perceptual and motor experiences.

11. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 4 Strategies to Support Motor Development and Learning in Infants and Toddlers For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Strategies to Support Motor Development and Learning in Infants and Toddlers [CLOs: 2, 3 & 4 ]. Due by Day 7. In one to two double- spaced pages (not including the title and references pages), outline and discuss three strategies a family member or teacher may use to support motor development in infants and toddlers.

12. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 5 DQ 1 Language, Literacy, and Young Children- A Parents’ and Teachers’ Role For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Language, Literacy, and Young Children: A Parents’ and Teachers’ Role [CLOs: 1 & 4]. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. This week’s required reading includes two articles: Can babies read and write? and The essentials of early literacy instruction. For this Discussion, select one of these articles. Discuss the insights and information shared in the article you

13. ECE 345 Teaching Effectively-- snaptutorial.com ECE 345 Week 5 DQ 2 Key Components of Curriculum Planning For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Key Components of Curriculum Planning [CLOs: 1, 2 & 3]. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Imagine you are an infant or toddler teacher and need to plan a “sensory or music learning activity” for your class. Please take us through your planning process. Identify and discuss the key components you considered as you conducted your planning process. Share the specific learning activity/experience you eventually planned.

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