EAST LONGMEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2006 - 2007 DISTRICT CURRICULUM GUIDES

Family and Consumer Science - Child Development

Family and Consumer Science

Family and consumer science focuses on strengthening the family and teaching individuals how to help themselves and their families to manage resources. Through family and consumer science, individuals learn to be competent confident, and responsible in their personal, family and career lives.
Family and consumer science applies knowledge gained from research in many disciplines to the practical concerns of individuals and families. The components of this discipline range from nutrition, food preparation, and wellness, to consumer issues and financial management, and early education. Our program specifically targets early childhood education and nutrition and food preparation.
Early Childhood Education- Knowledge of the principles of child development and supervised learning experiences with young children give students an understanding of the demands of child care and some skills for meeting those demands. This knowledge and these skills prepare all students to take care of the children in their present and future families and give some students a basis to explore careers in child care and education.
Nutrition and Food Preparation- Understanding good nutrition and proper food preparation is important for all students, male and female. Being able to select a healthy diet and to prepare food so as to preserve nutrition and avoid contamination is a basic requirement for healthy living.


Child Development

    Growing With Children
The learner will be able to understand the stages of child development from prenatal development through early childhood, describe benefits of studying children and the importance of the early years in a child's development, understand the issues and concerns of parents of children with special needs.
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Growing With Children Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Living in Families
The learner will be able to describe various kinds of families, identify ways in which decision making is influenced by sound character, family and personal beliefs, describe the changes parenthood brings and identify the questions people should ask themselves before they choose to become a parent and describe the responsibility of the family in teaching children non-violent attitudes and conduct.
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Growing With Children Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Effective Parenting Skills
The learner will be able to identify the child-rearing skills and the financial resources needed for parenting, describe considerations relevant to becoming a parent (including the various ways of becoming a parent such as foster parenting, adoption, and step-parenting, describe the consequences of teen parenting, evaluate various types of discipline methods parents might use with children of different ages, describe parental practices that encourage literacy in young children, distinguish between punishment and positive discipline and discuss the need for substitute care and options available.
Strand Scope Source
Growing With Children Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Prenatal Development
The learner will be able to describe the three stages of prenatal development, describe proper prenatal care and identify types of birth defects, describe how both heredity and the environment influence growth and development, investigate how multiple births occur, identify possible solutions for infertility, discuss the environmental hazards and the unborn baby and list various methods of prenatal testing.
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Growing With Children Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Preparing For Birth
The learner will be able to list the early signs of pregnancy, explain the importance of medical care and proper nutrition during pregnancy, describe how parents can make decisions and preparations relating to childbirth and a baby's care, describe the individual's responsibility to be a wise and informed consumer, including how to plan a spending and savings plan for a new family, identify resources for manufacturer's recalled baby merchandise.
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Growing With Children Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    The Baby's Arrival
The learner will be able to recognize the way in which labor begins and outline the three stages of labor, describe a newborn's appearance at birth and baby's basic needs and how they are met, describe the usual activities and procedures affecting both newborn and mother during the period following birth.
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Growing With Children Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    The Baby's First Year
The learner will be able to describe the physical growth and development during the first year of life and explain the physical care a baby requires, discuss the emotional and social development that takes place during the first year of life, describe the intellectual development of babies and the importance of the early years for learning, identify the ways infants communicate their needs and how these needs are identified and satisfied.
Strand Scope Source
Growing With Children Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    The Preschooler
The learner will be able to describe the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of the three to five year old, describe school experience appropriate for young children, describe appropriate first aid and Heimlich methods for the preschool child under the supervision of the school nurse, and observe and participate in the daily operations of the Little BIG Kids Nursery School.
Strand Scope Source
Growing With Children Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  

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