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Introduction to Early Childhood Education

Activity #1: Qualities forsomeone working in Early Childhood Education

From the following list of personality characteristics choose 5 that you feel would be important for a person working with children to have. For each personality characteristic you choose give one example of how that characteristic would help someone working with children.

Personality Characteristics:

DependableSensitiveTrustworthy

EnergeticCreativeIndependent

KnowledgeableResponsibleTalkative

Self StarterConfidentPersuasive

PatientUnderstandingBubbly

HonestProblem solverQuiet

Characteristic:Example:

KindBeing kind would help a child trust you.

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Activity #2:Stories

Break into partners. The first person will go a select a children’s book from the stack. They will read the book to their partner. As you read you need to:

Show your partner the pictures.

Read with enthusiasm.

Talk clearly.

After the first person has read the book the second person will go get a different book and read it to your partner. Then answer the following questions.

  1. What did you like about the way the story was read to you? ______
  2. What was the name of the book you read? ______
  3. What was the name of the book your partner read to you? ______
  4. Get your partner’s signature. ______

Activity #3: Children’s Nutrition

Using the foods listed below; create a lunch for a preschooler. Your lunch must:

Be safe for children to eat.

Foods need to be attractive and appetizing.

Foods need to be designed to create a shape or picture.

Foods must be nutritious.

You must use at least one food from each category.

Food Choices

Grains

Bread

Mini Bagels

Crackers

Tortillas

Pretzels

Bun

Protein

Deli meat

Tuna fish

Hot Dog

Hard Boiled

Egg

Peanut butter

Dairy

Milk

String Cheese

Cottage Cheese

Cheese Slices

Grated Cheese

Fruit

Grapes

Banana

Apples

Oranges

Blueberries

Pears

Vegetables

Lettuce

Carrots

Broccoli

Cucumber

Pickles

Olives

Draw your meal here. Label each of the foods on your drawing. Make sure you have at least one food from each of the food groups.

Activity #4: Discipline

Get the discipline game. Place all of the card face down, in rows on the table. One person at a time turn two cards over and try to make a match. Keep the cards when you make a match and go again. Play until all of the matches have been made. Answer the following questions:

  1. How many matches did you make? ______
  2. List three concepts about children’s discipline you learned.
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______

Activity #5: Communication

Change the following statements direction what you want the child’s behavior to be in a positive statement.

Poor communicationBetter communication

Example:

“Don’t hit your sister.”“Keep your hands to yourself.”

“Don’t you want to go to bed?”“It’s time for bed.”

  1. “Stop yelling”______
  2. “Don’t make a mess.”______
  3. “Don’t do that again.”______
  4. “Stop throwing toys.”______
  5. “Don’t interrupt me.”______
  6. “Quit hitting.”______
  7. “Go away.”______
  8. “Don’t pick your nose.”______
  9. “Shut up.”______
  10. “Don’t you want your lunch?”______

Activity #6 – Child Safety

Find the safety hazards for a child in the home on the drawing. Write the hazard down.

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Activity #7 – First Aid

Use the first aid ball. Toss the ball gently to another player. The player reads the question under their left thumb. They will answer the question. Check the answer on the answer card.

List three concepts you learned or reviewed that you knew before playing the game.

1)______

2)______

3)______

Activity #8 – First Aid Case Studies

What would you do in the following situations?:

You are in the bathroom getting ready for school. Someone knocks on the door and asks you to plug in the curling iron so it will be ready to use. You plug it in and it is getting hot. The phone rings and no one is answering it. You dash out to answer the phone. Your 4-year old brother picks up the hot end of the curling iron and burns the inside of his hand.

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You are tending Jamie, age 5; Jenny, age 3; and Joshua, age 1. You are changing Joshua’s diaper on the bed when you hear Jamie screaming. You can see her out of the bedroom window and her chin is covered with blood.

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You have been so busy playing school with Sally, age 4, and John, age 7 that you forgot all about baby Eric, age 1. He just walked back in the room chewing on something. As you try to get the object from his mouth, he swallows it and begins choking.

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Activity 9 – Small Motor skills

Color the picture using the opposite hand that you normally use to write. Be very careful in stay in the lines. Do your very best work.

Activity 10 –Cognitive skills, puzzle

Get a jigsaw puzzle. Put the puzzle together as a group with the puzzle pieces upside down (so you can’t see the picture).

After you have worked for 5 minutes answer the following questions:

1) How many pieces do you put together? ______

2)What did you find difficult about putting the puzzle together this way? ______

Activity 11 – Cognitive skills, “Candyland”

Play “Candyland” as a group. Start with all of the players at the end and work to the beginning. The cards have a color word written on them; use the word not the picture color.

1)What thinking skills would a child use playing this game? ______

Activity 12 – Careers

Down

1.Puts out fires

4.Helps families with foster children

5.What you are when you care for someone’s children

7.Who might come if your child is lost

8.The little person you are caring for

9.The person who will drive and safely take a child to and from school

10.Restaurant employee

13.A children’s doctor

14.Help kids with sports

15.Works on teeth

16.Who to call if the child eats something they should not have

Across

2.The person that runs a daycare

3.Where children go to learn

6.The doctor that delivers babies

11.Teaches children

12.Might give a shot

14.Helps children with emotional stresses (two words)

17.Story time

18.Full time babysitter

19.Moms and Dads

20.Cuts hair

21.Helps across the street

22.Creates summer fun in the mountains