Ashford U ECE 214 / ECE214 Class Answers
ECE214 / ECE 214 / ENTIRE CLASS/COURSE TUTORIAL INCLUDES EVERYTHING LISTED
ECE214 / ECE 214 / ENTIRE CLASS/COURSE TUTORIAL INCLUDES EVERYTHING LISTED
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 1 DQ 1 PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES
Week 1 DQ 1 Partnering with Families
Chapter 2 of the text discusses the importance of creating partnerships with families. Please discuss:
• Why you think it is optimal to partner with families in teaching wellness concepts to young children.
• How specifically would you include and engage families in teaching these concepts to young children.
Refer to Chapter 2 of your text, additional resources, and your own insights. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT WELLNESS IN ADULTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
In 2-3 pages, consider the term “wellness”. Please complete the Self-Inventory for Wellness Practices in Chapter 1 of the text.
Describe what you learned regarding your own wellness and the wellness of young children.
Explain how nutrition, health and safety interrelate to affect your own wellness and the wellness of young children.
Using Developmentally Appropriate Practices, describe how the concept of wellness can be taught to a preschool child.
Refer to Chapters 1 & 2 of your text, at least one additional resource and your own insights/experiences.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 2 DQ 1 TEACHING STRATEGIES
Week 2 DQ 1 Teaching Strategies
Chapter 6 of the text discusses strategies for teaching preschool children about food and nutrition. Please identify and explain 3 strategies you could use to teach a preschooler about food and nutrition. Integrate insights regarding developmentally appropriate practices introduced in Chapter 1 and in the MyEducation Lab from Chapter 6, Building Teaching Skills and Dispositions section of Topic 2: Feeding Children.
Please refer to Chapters 1, 6 & 8 of your text, the assigned MyEducation Lab, additional resources and your own insights. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 2 DQ 2 OBESITY IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Week 2 DQ 2 Obesity in Young Children
Our text describes childhood obesity as the number 1 form of malnutrition in the United States today. In this discussion post respond to the following;
• Describe how obesity is defined
• Discuss the causes of obesity
• Reflect on how obesity impacts young children in terms of health and psychosocial consequences
• Share insights on how a teacher can address the current obesity epidemic in his/her classroom.
Refer to Chapters 3 of the text, additional resources, and your own insights. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT IDENTIFY NUTRITIONAL GOALS AND GUIDANCE FOR HEALTHFUL MENU PLANNING
Imagine you are a Preschool Teacher responsible for planning nutritious snack and lunch menus for your class. Write a 2-3 page paper that includes:
A description of nutritional goals for your classroom.
Considerations that guide your menu planning process including an accommodation you may make in managing and/or meeting a young child’s special dietary needs.
Strategies to inform and engage families in the planning of nutritional meals for their children and a sample menu for home or school.
Refer to Chapter 3, 6 & 7 of the text, one additional resource, and your own insights.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 3 DQ 1 DEFINING HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Week 3 DQ 1 Defining Health and Wellness
Understanding the terms health and wellness in regard to young children is central to the promotion of a healthy environment in an early childhood education setting.
For this Discussion:
• Define the terms: health and wellness
• Describe how these terms are interrelated and how they are different
• Identify at least two determinents of health and wellness in young children
• Provide examples of how children can participate in promoting their own health and wellness in the classroom setting
Refer to Chapter 9 of your text, additional resources, and your own insights. Reflect back on Week 1’s Written Assignment and Learning Activity; Self-Inventory for Wellness Practices. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 3 DQ 2 DAILY HEALTH CHECK PROCEDURES
Week 3 DQ 2 Daily Health Check Procedures
Daily health checks by early childhood teachers are important in the management of illness and infection in an early childhood education setting.
Please explain:
• Procedures for daily health checks of each child as they arrive to your classroom.
• How daily health checks help diminish the transmission of infection and the spread of infectious disease in your early childhood classroom.
• How a teacher might engage families in daily health checks.
Refer to Chapters 10 & 11 of the text, additional resources and your own insights. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH
In a two-three page paper, describe:
Biological and environmental factors which contribute to a child’s mental health.
Qualities and practices of early childhood education programs which can have a positive impact on a child’s social/emotional development and overall mental health.
Strategies a preschool teacher can implement to intentionally foster a child’s mental health and well-being.
Refer to Chapters 13 & 14 of the text, at least one additional resource and your own insights.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 4 DQ 1 A CHILD’S RISK FOR INJURY
Week 4 DQ 1 A Child’s Risk for Injury
Learning Outcome #1 for this course focuses on developmentally appropriate/age appropriate practices in the context of the physical activity, physical fitness, nutrition and safety of young children. For this discussion forum, you are asked to focus on safety in terms of children’s age and developmental maturity which influence a child’s risk for injury. Focus on a toddler, preschooler or early elementary age child.
• Share the age of child you are addressing
• Discuss specific aspects of their age and development which influence this child’s risk for injury.
• Discuss ways, you as a teacher, would adapt your supervision practices to specifically address the unique needs of this age group.
Please refer to Chapters 1, 2, & 14 of the text, additional resources, and your own insights. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 4 DQ 2 DESIGNING SAFE ENVIRONMENTS
Week 4 DQ 2 Designing Safe Environments
You have been asked to design a safe classroom environment which promotes active play, exploration and learning for children 3 -5 years of age. Please identify specific safety hazards for this age group you would need to consider and discuss ways you would arrange the classroom environment to address these safety hazards. What guidelines might you establish in evaluating the safety needs of a preschool classroom environment? What practices would you suggest to maintain safety standards in a preschool classroom? Refer to Chapters 14 & 15 of the text, at least one additional resource and your own insights. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 5 DQ 1 CLASSROOM SAFETY ROUTINES
Week 5 DQ 1 Classroom Safety Routines
The focus of Chapter 16 of our text is on promoting safe practices through effective classroom management. Identify:
• Effective classroom management strategies which foster safety practices
• How children can be involved in safety routines
• How classroom safety routines can foster safety habits in young children both in and out of the early education setting
• How safety routines in an educational setting contribute to a child’s understanding of their own safety
Refer to the Chapter 16 of your text, additional resources and your own insights. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
ECE214 / ECE 214 / WEEK 5 DQ 2 BUILDING PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Week 5 DQ 2 Building Protective Factors for Children and Families
Chapter 18 of our text discusses Child Abuse and Neglect. One component of child abuse prevention suggested in the text is to support families and children in the building of protective factors. For this Discussion:
• Define protective factors
• Identify specific protective factors for both children and families
• Discuss how an early childhood education teacher can contribute to the building of protective factors for children and families
Refer to Chapter 18 of the text, additional resources, and your own insights. Respond to at least two of their classmates’ postings.