Group or Individual Assignment: This unit is designed to cover some basic development concepts that are aligned with the South King County Tech Prep Consortium.

Reference Links for this assignment:

Child Development Guide published by foster parent organization. Good basic source of information.

  • Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs, Serving Children from Birth through Age 8” (2009), found at:
  • Working with Children- Text Chp 5,6,7,8 from our online text.
  • Utilize other sources that can be found on the WEB. Reminder that Wikpedia is not a reputable reference.
  • Use the School Library page:
  • SIRS
  • Grolier On Line
  • Proquest
  • Info Track
  • EBSCO Host
  1. Pick a focus area (you may work on your own )
  2. Needs of All Children- Internet-Devin, Semisi,Daz
  • Infants- 0-12 months Ref. Chp 5

A. Shani, Bridget,Nicole . Kaelyn

B. Jaselina, Searra, Oksana.

  • Toddlers 12- 18 months Ref. Chp 5

A. Alicia, Leslie, Ariana

B. Cassandra, Danielle,Lauren

  • Preschoolers- 2- 4 years Ref. Chp 6

A. Taylor, Erika, Nolan

B. Samantha S, Ivie

C. Lesya, Iman, Brittanie

  • School age- 5- 12 years Chp 7& 8
  1. Haleigh, Maddie,Samantha N.
  2. April, Iva, Julia N.
  1. Develop in your group or individually a power point, prezi or well structured info-graphic that would highlight the major milestones in your development area. Color code the development areas to represent:
  • Cognitive
  • Social
  • Emotional
  • Physical
  1. Include at least 5 terms that are descriptive of your area. You will need both a definition and example.. Example can be a visual representation
  1. Include at least 10 developmental points in each development area- that would be 10 each for
  • Cognitive
  • Social
  • Emotional
  • Physical
  1. Utilize at least 4 references and reference using APA style referencing.

There is a very good example of referencing posted in our Homework section. See this link for examples and how to reference correctly. or use Easy Bib Pro in Google Docs.

  1. Prepare a 5 question quiz that is the last slide of your presentation with the answers available on the next slide. Include multiple choice, short answer and a clarified true/false- why true or false. You may look at the quizzes in our online text and select some that you think might work well or devise your own. Questions should have some rigor and not contain responses that are obviously wrong, but plausible… believable.

SEE RUBRIC BELOW

AGES AND STAGES RUBRIC

Criteria / Comments / Points
Covered all areas of development fully with at least ten traits in each area. / ______/40
Describe and defined 5 terms that were descriptive of your assigned area. / ______/10
Pictures and graphics were descriptive of development areas. / ______/10
Prepared Quiz with feedback answers presented in power point. Questions had rigor and good plausible choices for answers. / ______/15
Presentation listed 3-4 references APA in correct format. See link / ______/15
Group was ready on time and all members actively involved. / ______/10
Total / ______/100

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