Demonstrate an understanding of how the environment and selected materials promote learning
Discover how the environment and carefully selected materials can enhance learning in early childhood education and child care centers. Explore how appropriate material and equipment encourage play and promote cognitive development. Unlock the potential for impactful learning experiences and create an engaging environment for young learners.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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Proficiency Level
120 hours courses
12 CEUsRelated Outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of how learning occurs in children and the role of play in learning
- Demonstrate understanding of how appropriate material and equipment promotes play
- Demonstrate an understanding of how appropriate material and equipment promotes play.
- Demonstrate an understanding of approaching parents as equal partners in learning.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how positive guidance promotes sound social and emotional development.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to provide an environment that offers choices.
- Demonstrate an understanding of individualized learning
- Identify strategies to promote play in the early childhood learning environment
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to develop appropriate daily schedules that promote routines. (1 hr)
- Demonstrate an understanding of approaches to learning
- Demonstrate an understanding of how genetics and environment influence child growth and development
- Demonstrate an understanding of how environment and equipment modifications support individual needs.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the different learning styles of adult learners.
- Understand the relation between how material and equipment selection assist with lesson plan development and implementation.
- Identify strategies to promote play in the early childhood learning environment.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of schedules and consistency in a child care environment.
- Demonstrate understanding the major milestones, typical behaviors and learning processes of children birth to 13 years of age
- Demonstrate an understanding of how genetics and environment influence child growth and development.
- Understand the relation between how material and equipment selection assist with lesson plan development and implementation.
- Demonstrate understanding of the content and implications of OCC environment regulations and supervision requirements
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