Describe the primary learning centers and their components.
Discover the primary learning centers and their components in early childhood education and child care centers. Learn how to create a successful block center by understanding the various types of blocks, setting up an effective block center, and recognizing the different stages of block play.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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Related Outcomes
- Describe the importance of learning centers in the early childhood education environment.
- Identify and explain the major components of the major and current approaches to development and learning
- Demonstrate understanding of how learning occurs in children and the role of play in learning
- Describe the components of the ASQ.
- Describe the components of emergency preparedness in the child care setting.
- Describe infant/toddler nutritional needs
- Describe the proper procedures of medication administration including: authorizations forms, documentation, storage, training, emergent issues, and resources.
- Describe common myths and misconceptions about time management in child care.
- Demonstrate an understanding of individualized learning
- Identify the components of positive relationships with children, co-workers and families.
- Identify the components of a lesson plan for preschoolers.
- Describe Piaget’s sensorimotor and preoperational stages of cognitive development.
- Demonstrate an understanding of approaches to learning
- Identify factors that influence learning in a child's physical environment.
- Demonstrate understanding of scaffolding as a method for individualized learning.
- Identify the factors that influence learning
- Identify the different types of portfolios used in child care programs, and the appropriate portfolio components for each type.
- Describe ways to analyze classrooms for an anti-bias approach.
- Identifies the components of appropriate supervision
- Identify strategies to facilitate learning in the early childhood classroom using various methods.
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