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• Business - General Business• • Benefits of Preschool As an early childhood

professional, you will often be asked questions from parents and community members regarding the benefits of sending their children to preschool. After reading Chapter 1 and drawing from your experience, discuss the benefits of a preschool education

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ECE 332 Week 1 Assignment Theory Summary

• Business - General Business• • Theory Summary Using the concept summary in Chapter 2 of the required

text, fill in the blanks for each of the developmental theories in the table provided. (This table can be accessed in the online course.) Provide examples from your own experience or the textbook in the last column.

ECE 332 Week 1 DQ 1 Benefits of Preschool

• ECE 332 Week 1 DQ 1 Benefits of Preschool

ECE 332 Week 1 DQ 2 Theory and Behavior

• Business - General Business• • Theory and Behavior After reading Chapters 1 and 2 select a

Theorist whose work most closely aligns with your thoughts regarding early development. Describe the theorist’s work and discuss how their work aligns with your own understanding and beliefs.

ECE 332 Week 2 DQ 1 Nature vs. Nurture

• Nature vs. Nurture The debate concerning the influence of inherited traits and abilities compared to the influence of environment on human development has been argued for decades. The required reading this week provides information on the extent of which human development and behavior is the result of nature (heredity) and of nurture (environmental influences).

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ECE 332 Week 2 DQ 2 Conception to Birth

• Business - General Business• • Conception to Birth There are three major stages from

conception to birth. They are the germinal stage (first two weeks following conception); the embryonic stage (until the end of the eighth week); and the fetal stage (until birth). Complete a table, like the one below,

ECE 332 Week 2 Journal Point of View

• Business - General Business• • Point of View You are a parent of a child who has a serious

peanut allergy. You are meeting with your child’s new teacher to explain this allergy and what specific needs your child has. Your goal for this meeting is to ensure your child’s comfort and safety in the classroom by communicating your expectations to the teacher.

ECE 332 Week 3 Assignment Developmental Milestones

• Developmental Milestones The purpose of this assignment is to creatively demonstrate an understanding of infant developmental milestones as they pertain to cognition, motor skills, sensation, and perception. Using information from Chapter 5 of your text, write a short story about a child’s journey from birth to age 1. This can be a fictional child, or can be based on a real child.

ECE 332 Week 3 DQ 1 Early Language Development

• Business - General Business• • Early Language Development Take a moment to watch the

video, A Place of Our Own: Early Academics – Part 1. After reading about early language development in Chapter 5 of your text and watching the video, describe a learning center that would promote early language development.

ECE 332 Week 3 DQ 2 Optimal Brain Development

• Business - General Business• • Optimal Brain Development The human brain is highly

dependent on experiences for development. Discuss your role as a teacher or caregiver in a child’s life in terms of promoting optimal brain development through exposure to various experiences.

ECE 332 Week 4 DQ 1 Gender Development

• Business - General Business• • Gender Development Gender roles are the combination of

attitudes, behaviors, and personality characteristics that a culture considers appropriate for an individual’s anatomical sex. Psychologists have proposed a number of theories to explain gender typing (LeFrancois, 2012).

ECE 332 Week 4 DQ 2 Brain Development

• Business - General Business• • Brain Development Brain-based education suggests that

physical exercise is important for brain development. Research has shown that in addition to physical exercise, other activities focus on stimulating the social development and intellectual development of young children.

ECE 332 Week 5 DQ 1 The Importance of Play

• Business - General Business• • The Importance of Play Children learn as they play and, while

playing, they learn how to learn. Take a moment to read the article “The Importance of Play – Activities for Children.” Then, think about the childhood games that you played. Share your favorite playtime activity with your classmates and explain why it was your favorite.

ECE 332 Week 5 DQ 2 Life

• Business - General Business• • Life Life as we know it will change for the next generation, and

those changes must be accounted for in child development. Today, television and media, the changing nuclear family, and new parenting styles play a large part in the life of a child.

ECE 332 Week 5 Final Paper

• Business - General Business• • For the Final Project, you will demonstrate your

understanding of the material in this course by developing a classroom plan for either an infant/toddler childcare facility or for a preschool classroom, based on Piaget’s Stage Theory. For this project, include:

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