ECE 2020 - Language Development Literature & Dramatic Play

Clock Hours: 84

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Course Description:
The focus is to promote language development through literature, storytelling and related activities, as well as, encourage creativity and exploration through dramatic play. Topics include: The importance of storytelling, developmentally appropriate book selection, avoiding stereotypes, setting the mood, props, pitch, pace, handling interruptions, ending the story, stages of play, stages of material use in play, socio-dramatic play, puppetry, prewriting skills, social studies, incidental learnings, inter-generational and multicultural perspectives, democracy, ecology, geography community concepts and families.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Guiding Storytelling Experiences
1. Explain the advantages of storytelling
2. List the four types of children’s books
3. Discuss the process of choosing children’s books.
4. Outline the steps to follow when reading aloud to children.
5. Explain a variety of storytelling methods.
Guiding Play and Puppetry Experiences
1. Describe the stages of play.
2. Explain the stages of material use in play.
3. Summarize the benefits of socio-dramatic play.
4. Prepare the classroom environment and guide socio-dramatic play activities.
5. Summarize the benefits of puppetry experiences.
6. Make and use three types of puppets.
7. Write and tell a puppet story.
Guiding Manuscript Writing Experiences
1. Define manuscript writing.
2. List reasons for encouraging the development of writing skills in preschool settings.
3. Explain activities that help children develop writing skills.
4. Make letters following the Zaner-Bloser writing system.
5. Outline the sequence children follow in learning alphabet letters.
6. Discuss guidelines for helping children develop writing skills.
Guiding Social Studies Experiences
1. Explain the importance of social studies experiences
2. Outline the role of the teacher in designing and guiding social studies experiences.
3. Describe ways to include multicultural intergenerational, government, ecology, geography, community living, holiday, and current events concepts in the curriculum.
4. Explain the importance of morning meetings.