CE215 Unit 3Developmental Domains and Learning Styles

Class will start at the top of the hour! Please turn the volume up on your computer speakers to access the audio feature of this seminar.

5 Domains of Child Development

The five domains are:

cognitive, physical, social, emotional, adaptive

http://www.ehow.com/info_7899767_five-domains-early-childhood-development.html

Developmental Domains

Cognitive Development in the preschool years

http://suite101.com/article/child-development-in-the-preschool-years-a109527

Choose a domain (cognitive, emotional, social, physical)Read about the domain and the ways we can support the development of our children in this domain. Return to post the domain and the activity.

Developmental Domains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU3hYTqv8qM

//What did you learn about domains? Return in 5 min. to post your ideas.

//Why is it important to address multiple domains

when we create environments for our children?

NAEYC and Developmental Domains

1. Domains of children's development -- physical, social, emotional, and cognitive -- are closely related. Development in one domain influences and is influenced by development in other domains. Development in one domain can limit or facilitate development in others (Sroufe, Cooper, & DeHart 1992; Kostelnik, Soderman, & Whiren 1993). For example, when babies begin to crawl or walk, their ability to explore the world expands, and their mobility, in turn, affects their cognitive development. Likewise, children's language skill affects their ability to establish social relationships with adults and other children, just as their skill in social interaction can support or impede their language development. Because developmental domains are interrelated, educators should be aware of and use these interrelationships to organize children's learning experiences in ways that help children develop optimally in all areas and that make meaningful connections across domains.

NAEYC 2009

Learning StylesVisual ◦ learn best by seeing or visualizing an activity◦ Highlighting, charts, lists, diagrams

Auditory◦ Need to hear what they learn◦ Listening, speaking, music

Kinesthetic◦ Learn best through touch and movement◦ Demonstration, simulation, role play, experimentation

Do you know what learning style(s) fit you best?Does it depend on what you are learning?

Our students’ learning styles

How can we identify our students’ learning styles?◦ Observations◦ have them complete a learning styles inventory

Why do we need to identify our students’ learning styles?◦ Know how they learn best◦ Group and individual instruction

Learning Styles and Young Children

http://www.catalogs.com/info/education/young-child-learning-style-assessment.html

1.Visual– What is one example of a visual activity with young children?

2.Auditory– What is one example of an auditory activity withyoung children?

3.Kinesthetic-tactile— What is one example of a kinesthetic-tactile activity with young children?

When children are taught in a way that uses as many of the learning styles as possible, they are more likely to understand and remember.

Let’ say you are going to read a book aloud to a group of 4 or 5 year olds. We will use The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Let’s explore how we can target different learning styles and promote learning in multiple domains.

Learning Styles Domains

Visual Social-EmotionalAuditory CognitiveKinesthetic Physical (fine-gross motor) Language Adaptive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4gBP2Sg3MI&feature=related

Return in 3 minutes. 1.How is are learning styles addressed?2. How are domains addressed?

 

What to do with learning styles

Yes!

• Incorporate ALL learning styles into our lessons

No!

• Have our students ONLY use the learning style they are most comfortable with

How can you include all 3 learning styles into the following lessons?

• Learning letter sounds• Learning addition• Learning the days of the week• Learning to follow the rules of a game such as “Duck, Duck, Goose”

Weekly Reminders

• Complete reading• Post your answer to our discussion board question

and respond to several of your classmates’ posts• Attend seminar or complete Option 2• Complete Graded Review

This week’s discussion topic

Choose an activity that you would do with children between the ages of 3 and 6 in a classroom setting.

Explain which two developmental domains this activity addresses and how it addresses these domains. Discuss which learning style(s) the activity addresses and how.

When responding to your classmates, elaborate on which other developmental domains could be addressed with the activity or on how to add to the activity to address other domains and/or learning styles.

I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.

—Chinese proverb

References

California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations. (n.d.) retrieved on February 12, 2011 from http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/itf09intro.asp