Explain the challenges behind mixed-age group instruction and strategies to overcome them.
Learn how to successfully teach mixed-age groups in early childhood education and child care centers. Discover strategies for overcoming challenges and implementing tips for effective instruction.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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Proficiency Level
120 hours courses
12 CEUs45 hours courses
Related Outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of the research done on mixed-age group instruction.
- Demonstrate the benefits of mixed-age grouping in early childhood education.
- List and review recommended feeding schedules and identifies strategies for introducing new food for children birth through age three
- Identify different types of barriers for mixed ages with disabilities and ways to adapt curriculum to fit their needs.
- Identify materials and equipment for family childcare programs that meet the needs of specific age groups in both shared or permanent space and align with the programs curriculum
- Demonstrate understanding how to effectively use transitions for various age groups and for different parts of the school day
- Identify methods of assessments for mixed ages.
- List recommended feeding schedules and identify strategies for introducing new food for children birth through age three.
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