This project encourages students to write their own children's book using the STORYBIRD free website. They don't even have to be artistic as templates from a variety of artists are available for use. After they write their book they create a VOKI to encourage others to read it. VOKI is also...
This lesson focuses on Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences. Students determine how they are smart and then learn more about the learning styles and how they apply to children. To make it fun, I will have the students participate in 6 different activities each illustrating various learning styles. Students must identify the...
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Have a preschool program at your school? Here are some tried and true lessons and ideas to keep your preschoolers busy and learning of course!
Introduce your students to how humans grow through Erikson's statges of psychosocial development. Make this lesson personal by allowing students to self reflect on the struggles of mastering each stage.
How do babies grow and develop? We were all there once and of course there are several theories on how we develop socially, emotionally, and cognitively. This lesson is a intro type lesson to the general concept of theorists and child development theory.
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Engage your students in a lively discussion of labor and delivery methods and practices. Students will learn the sequential events of delivery and watch a real delivery.
An increase in technology means more choices for childbearing and technological feats that have been miraculous. However, this technology also brings with it a whole bunch of controversy from different groups. Help your students evaluate, take a position on, and make arguments for and against different sides of the baby technology controversy.
Lesson Plans Families (Word) Healthy Pregnancy (Word) How Brain Connections Influence Cognitive Development (Word) Infant Emotions (Word) Toy Evaluation (Word) Child Literacy (PDF) “Students will identify three reasons why it is important for adults to read to children.” World Hunger (PDF) “Students will research the causes and effects of world hunger on children.” Empowered...
