Unit 2: Advancing Children's Physical and Intellectual Devel

CDA Unit 2: Advancing Children's Physical and Intellectual Development

This Unit is designed to teach participants how to plan developmentally-appropriate activities for a group of children based on their ages and individual needs. (15 hours) Enrollment expires 1 year from date of purchase.

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Course Agenda

1. Getting in Touch
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1. Infants
2. Accommodations
3. Lesson Plan: Playdough Impressions
4. Worksheet: Playdough Impressions
5. Response: Playdough Impressions
6. Worksheet: Infants
7. Worksheet: Playdough Skills
1. Toddlers
2. Building
3. Lesson Plan: Toddler Treasure Hunt
4. Worksheet: Toddler Treasure Hunt
5. Response: Toddler Treasure Hunt
1. Preschool Playdough
2. Discussion Topic
3. Prime Time for Playdough
4. Playdough Activities
5. Lesson Plan: Use Your Noodle Playdough Play
6. Worksheet: Use Your Noodle Playdough Play
7. Response: Use Your Noodle Playdough Play
8. Lesson Plan: Flower Garden Fun
9. Worksheet: Flower Garden Fun
10. Response: Flower Garden Fun
1. School-Age Playdough
2. Playdough Learning
3. Playdough Through the Ages
4. Lesson Plan: Playdough Nature Walk
5. Worksheet: Playdough Nature Walk
6. Response: Playdough Nature Walk
1. Social and Emotional
2. Discussion Topic
3. Strengthen Social Skills
4. Encouraging Creativity
5. Creative Play and Playdough
6. Language and Literacy
7. Worksheet: Developmental Benefits
8. Practice Vocabulary
9. Calming Sensation of Playdough
10. Stress and Anxiety
11. Using Playdough to Relieve Stress
12. Math and Playdough
13. Shapes, Numbers, and Colors
14. Science and Playdough
15. Playdough and STEM
16. Making Playdough is Scientific
17. Kinesthetic Learners and Playdough
18. Playdough for Special Needs
19. Topic 1: Chapter 6 Check for Understanding
1. The Playdough Mess
2. Making Play Dough
3. Giant List of Playdough Additives
4. Additives
5. Basic Dough Recipe
6. Silky Dough
7. 3 Bears Dough
8. Gluten Free Dough
9. Slime Recipes: Sparkly Slime
10. Fluffy Slime
11. Gingerbread Man Slime
12. Worksheet: Recipes
13. Basic Slime
14. About Oobleck
15. Classic Goo
16. Bouncy Ball Goo
17. Topic 1: Chapter 7 Check for Understanding
1. Topic 1 Completion
2. Topic 1 Reflection
3. Unit 2 Topic 1 Quiz
1. Unit 2 Topic 2
2. Topic 2: Course Description
3. Topic 2: Pre-Assessment
1. What is STEM for young children?
2. Benefits of STEM
3. Social Skills
4. Science
5. STEM Experiences
6. Share STEM Experience
7. Topic 2: Chapter 1 Check for Understanding
1. Support STEM Play
2. Discussion Topic
3. STEM-Friendly Play Environment
4. Creating a STEM-Friendly Play
5. Technology in the Classroom
6. Technology Lessons
7. Discussion Topic
8. Engineering in the Classroom
9. Engineering Lessons
10. Mathematics in the Classroom
11. Math STEM Lessons
12. Challenges
13. Topic 2: Chapter 2 Check for Understanding
1. Lesson Plan: Clear Tambourines
2. Worksheet: Clear Tambourines
3. Lesson Plan: Disappearing Bottle
4. Worksheet: Disappearing Bottle
5. Lesson Plan: Light Table
6. Worksheet: Light Table
7. Lesson Plan: Magnet Busy Jar
8. Worksheet: Magnet Busy Jar
1. Lesson Plan: Whales Stay Warm
2. Lesson Plan: Not a Stick
3. Lesson Plan: Three Little Pigs Houses
4. Worksheet: Preschool Lesson Plans
1. Topic 2 Completion
2. Topic 2 Reflection
3. Unit 2 Topic 2 Quiz
1. Unit 2 Topic 3
2. Topic 3: Course Description
3. Topic 3: Pre-Assessment
1. Early Math
2. Math Concepts
3. Topic 3: Chapter 1 Check for Understanding
1. Everyday Infant and Toddler Math
2. Everyday Math Examples: Infants
3. Everyday Math Examples: 2 Years Old
4. Math for Infants
5. Support Early Math Skills for Infants
6. Discussion Topic
7. Math for Toddlers
8. Support Early Math Skills for Toddlers
9. Topic 3: Chapter 2 Check for Understanding
1. Lesson Plan: Shape and Dimension Sensory Bin
2. Worksheet: Shape and Dimension Sensory Bin
3. Lesson Plan: Invisible Number Sensory Bin
4. Worksheet: Invisible Number Sensory Bin
5. Lesson Plan: Shape Sensory Bag
6. Worksheet: Shape Sensory Bag
1. Everyday Preschool Math
2. Everyday Math Examples: Preschool
3. Lesson Plan: Popsicle Stick Shapes
4. Worksheet: Popsicle Stick Shapes
5. Response: Popsicle Stick Shapes
6. Lesson Plan: Weight and Measure Activity Center
7. Worksheet: Weight and Measure Activity Center
8. Response: Weight and Measure Activity Center
9. Lesson Plan: Measuring with Worms
10. Worksheet: Measuring with Worms
1. Introduction to Math Centers
2. Math and Manipulatives
3. Early Childhood Math Centers
4. Math Station
5. Discussion Topic
6. Topic 3: Chapter 5 Check for Understanding
1. Math Center Environment
2. Interacting with Math Concepts
3. First Things First
4. Math Center Inspiration
5. Discussion Topic
6. Topic 3: Chapter 6 Check for Understanding
1. Topic 3 Completion
2. Topic 3 Reflection
3. Unit 2 Topic 3 Quiz
1. Unit 2 Topic 4
2. Topic 4: Course Description
3. Pre-Assessment
1. Early Science
2. Delivering Science Lesson Plans
3. Why Teach Science
4. Baby Brainpower
5. Topic 4: Chapter 1 Check for Understanding
1. Science for Infants
2. Supporting Science for Infants
3. Discussion Topic
4. Science for Toddlers
5. Scientific Process for Toddlers
6. Supporting Science for Toddlers
7. Discussion Topic
8. Topic 4: Chapter 2 Check for Understanding
1. Lesson Plan: Smelling Bottles
2. Worksheet: Smelling Bottles
3. Lesson Plan: Color Mixing Discovery Bottles
4. Worksheet: Color Mixing Discovery Bottles
5. Lesson Plan: Cause and Effect Sensory Bag
6. Worksheet: Cause and Effect Sensory Bag
1. Science for Preschoolers
2. Supporting Science for Preschoolers
3. Lesson Plan: Colorful Carnations
4. Worksheet: Colorful Carnations
5. Lesson Plan: Frozen Jell-O Excavation
6. Worksheet: Frozen Jell-O Excavation
7. Lesson Plan: Magic Milk
8. Worksheet: Magic Milk
1. Fostering Science Exploration in Young Children
2. Topic 4: Chapter 5 Check for Understanding
1. Why Include a Science Center?
2. Imagination in Science
3. Physical Science
4. Life Science
5. Scientific Inquiry
6. Science Center
7. Discussion Topic
8. Topic 4: Chapter 6 Check for Understanding
1. Topic 4 Completion
2. Topic 4 Reflection
3. Unit 2 Topic 4 Quiz
1. Unit 2 Topic 5
2. Topic 5: Course Description
3. Topic 5: Pre-Assessment
1. Music Experiences
2. Development and Learning
3. Music Defined
4. Musical Awareness
5. Music Effects Emotions
6. Ideas for Music
7. Music and Culture
8. Worksheet: Musical Awareness
9. Lesson Plan: Shake it up!
10. Worksheet: Shake it up!
1. Let’s Dance!
2. Discussion Topic
3. Movers and Shakers
4. Lesson Plan: Walk and Stop
5. Worksheet: Walk and Stop
6. Rhythm
7. Clap and Respond
8. Rhythm Game
9. Ways to Explore Rhythm
10. Rhythm Sticks
11. Lesson Plan: Drum Circle
12. Worksheet: Drum Circle
13. Lesson Plan: Hit, Tap and Strike
14. Worksheet: Hit, Tap and Strike
1. You Should be Dancin'
2. Discussion Topic
3. Dance in the Early Years
4. Social and Emotional
5. Build Confidence
6. Lesson Plan: Dancing Together
7. Worksheet: Dancing Together
8. Lesson Plan: Movement Songs
9. Worksheet: Movement Songs
1. Topic 5 Completion
2. Topic 5 Reflection
3. Unit 2 Topic 5 Quiz
1. Unit 2 Topic 6
2. Topic 6: Course Description
3. Topic 6: Pre-Assessment
1. Read To Be Ready
2. Early Years
3. Learners of all Ages
4. Discussion Topic
5. Language
6. Comprehension
7. Book you have Shared
8. Interacting with Print
9. Ideas for Supporting Print Concepts
10. Topic 6: Chapter 1 Check for Understanding
1. Reading to Infants and Toddlers
2. Stages of Early Reading
3. Birth to 8 Months
4. 8 to 18 Months
5. 18 to 24 Months
6. 3 to 5 Years Old
7. Reading Experiences
8. Topic 6: Chapter 2 Check for Understanding
1. Phonological Awareness
2. Phonemic Awareness and Letter Recognition
3. Strengthen Phonemic Awareness
4. Discussion Topic
5. Ideas for Phonemic Awareness
6. Lesson Plans for Infants
7. Topic 6: Chapter 3 Check for Understanding
1. Storytime
2. Vocabulary Skills
3. Support Vocabulary Acquisition
4. Topic 6: Chapter 4 Check for Understanding
1. Early Writing
2. Draw Write Read
3. Writing Activities
4. Pre-emergent Writing
5. Topic 6: Chapter 5 Check for Understanding
1. The Importance of Literacy Centers
2. Creating Hands-On Literacy Centers
3. Effective Literacy Center
4. Make them Fun
5. Make them Meaningful
6. Discussion Topic
7. Designing Literacy Centers
8. Introduce Them to the Class
9. Model and Practice
10. Review Activities
11. Common Mistakes
12. Topic 6: Chapter 6 Check for Understanding
1. Using Picture Books
2. Pictures and Words Together
3. Picture Books for Infants and Toddlers
4. Picture Books for Preschoolers
5. The Preschool Library
6. Favorite Picture Books
7. Picture Books for the Classroom
8. Read-Aloud Strategies for Picture Books
9. Read Aloud Strategies
1. Lesson Plan: Carrot Feet
2. Worksheet: Carrot Feet
3. Lesson Plan: The Giving Tree
4. Worksheet: The Giving Tree
5. Lesson Plan: 10 Apples Sensory Bag
6. Worksheet: Apples Sensory Bag
7. Lesson Plan: Our Classroom Book
8. Worksheet: Our Classroom Book
9. Lesson Plan: Rhyming Locks
10. Worksheet: Rhyming Locks
11. Lesson Plan: Sand Tray Prewriting
12. Worksheet: Sand Tray Prewriting
13. Lesson Plan: Montessori Pet Food Pouring
14. Worksheet: Montessori Pet Food Pouring
15. Lesson Plan: Phonemic Tic-Tac-Toe
16. Worksheet: Phonemic Tic-Tac-Toe
1. Topic 6 Completion
2. Topic 6 Reflection
3. Unit 2 Topic 6 Quiz
1. Competency Standards Book
2. Let's Build Your Portfolio
3. Portfolio Resource Instructions
1. Assignments
2. Professional Portfolio Resources
3. CDA Unit 2 - RC I-3 - Weekly Lesson Plans
4. CDA Unit 2 - RC II-1 - Science/Sensory
5. CDA Unit 2 - RC II-2 - Language and Literacy
6. CDA Unit 2 - RC II-3 - Creative Arts
7. CDA Unit 2 - RC II-4 - Fine Motor
8. CDA Unit 2 - RC II-5 - Gross Motor (Outdoor)
9. CDA Unit 2 - RC II-9 - Mathematics
10. Competency Standard II
1. CDA Credential Process Review Test
2. Unit 2 Review
3. Unit 2 Feedback Form
4. ATTENTION

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Infant/Toddler - Preschool - Family

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Topic 1: Playdough: Building, Squishing, and Mixing

Topic 1: Chapter 1

Topic 1: Chapter 2

Topic 1: Chapter 3

Topic 1: Chapter 4

Topic 1: Chapter 5

Topic 1: Chapter 6

Topic 1: Chapter 7

Topic 1: Wrapping it Up

Topic 2: Engaging Young Children in STEM

Topic 2: Chapter 1

Topic 2: Chapter 2

Topic 2: Chapter 3

Topic 2: Chapter 4

Topic 2: Wrapping it Up

Topic 3: It's a Numbers Game: Math for Young Children

Topic 3: Chapter 1

Topic 3: Chapter 2

Topic 3: Chapter 3

Topic 3: Chapter 4

Topic 3: Chapter 5

Topic 3: Chapter 6

Topic 3: Wrapping it Up

Topic 4: Little Explorers - Keeping Science Simple

Topic 4: Chapter 1

Topic 4: Chapter 2

Topic 4: Chapter 3

Topic 4: Chapter 4

Topic 4: Chapter 5

Topic 4: Chapter 6

Topic 4: Wrapping it Up

Topic 5: Movers and Shakers, It's all about the Music

Topic 5: Chapter 1

Topic 5: Chapter 2

Topic 5: Chapter 3

Topic 5: Wrapping it Up

Topic 6: Fostering Literacy in the Growing Child

Topic 6: Chapter 1

Topic 6: Chapter 2

Topic 6: Chapter 3

Topic 6: Chapter 4

Topic 6: Chapter 5

Topic 6: Chapter 6

Topic 6: Chapter 7

Topic 6: Chapter 8

Topic 6: Wrapping it Up

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