EAST LONGMEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2006 - 2007 DISTRICT CURRICULUM GUIDES

Family and Consumer Science - Child/Nursery Management

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/Nursery Management

    Child Care Profession
The learner will be able to identify the types of programs serving children, identify factors that promote quality in a child care program, explain why the need for child care services has grown and analyze issues in child care.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Professional Skills
The learner will be able to describe qualities people need to be an early childhood professional, identify career possibilities in the child care field, explain the importance of professional ethics and identify steps to take in problem solving.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Basic Principles of Development
The learner will be able to explain why understanding child development is important, recognize and be able to make objective observations, identify signs of preschooler's physical, intellectual, emotional & social development, explain how improved skills influence children's activities and self esteem.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Planning The Environment
The learner will be able to identify principles to use in planning early childhood environments, explain the purpose of learning centers and describe the kinds of learning centers in a typical preschool classroom, explain how to choose equipment and materials wisely, and identify desirable characteristics of an early childhood center's indoor and outdoor space design.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Safety & Health
The learner will be able to explain how to promote safety with children, identify safety and health precautions in the preschool setting, develop an effective safety policy, describe appropriate first aid methods for bleeding, bruises and burns, demonstrate the heimlich method under the supervision of the school nurse.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Schedules & Routines
The learner will be able to explain schedules, routines and transitions and describe some considerations when developing these in the preschool setting, describe why and how common routines are incorporated in the daily schedule.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Curriculum Planning
The learner will be able to describe effective teaching methods, identify creative resources for lesson plans, plan, prepare and present activities for organizing the physical, interpersonal and learning environment of a child care program and create lesson plans for the daily operation of Little BIG Kids Nursery School.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Learning Through Observation
The learner will be able to describe methods for recording observations and identify behaviors to look for when assessing children's development.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Guiding Children
The learner will be able to identify the goals of classroom guidance, describe effective techniques for communicating with young children and suggest approaches for guiding especially troubled children.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Art , Music & Movement & Dramati
The learner will be able to explain how art and dramatic play encourages growth in all developmental areas, describe how basic skills and concepts are reinforced through music and creative movement activities, explain appropriate methods for guiding children's art experiences and plan and lead music, art and creative movement activities.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Language Activities
The learner will be able to explain how the nursery school environment can promote development of language skills, assess the suitability of specific books for nursery school children, demonstrate the ability to read-a-loud effectively to nursery school children, explain how to prepare children for reading and writing and plan and create an original storybook.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Nutrition/Snack Activities
The learner will be able to outline important considerations in meal planning for young children, describe proper food safety and sanitation practices and plan and prepare healthy snacks for the children in the Little BIG Kids Nursery School.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Science & Math Activities
The learner will be able to explain how science and math activities benefit children, explain the teacher's role in making science and math interesting and enjoyable for children and plan and lead science and math activities.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  
    Active Play
The learner will be able to explain how active play benefits all areas of development, list ways of insuring children's safety during active play, identify creative resources for active play and plan and lead active play activities.
Strand Scope Source
Child Care Profession Master East Longmeadow Public Schools
  

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