Topic: Play, Language and Literacy Development in the Preschool Classroom

Early Childhood Education
Topic: Play, Language and Literacy Development in the Preschool Classroom
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Early Childhood Programs throughout the country are navigating how to best meet the needs of the children and families in their programs. Some have closed their doors during recent Safer at Home and Quarantine Orders. Others have turned to virtual options of connecting with young children and families. There are a few sites that are remaining open and practicing social distancing protocols. Under these circumstances, it will be extremely difficult for you to obtain an observation site. Therefore, you will view the videos and write your observations based off the video and write a 3 page paper which based on the instructions that I will give you throughout this prompt below which also require to have 2 page of notes and a completed rating scale form a Microsoft word attachment. Therefore, your assignment in total will be a minimum of 6 pages.
Prompt:
Step #1: Before watching the four upcoming YouTube videos… you can choose to observe either Jasmin (little girl in the pink shirt) or Alyssandra (Little girl in the Purple long sleeve shirt) and focus on either Jasmin or Alyssandra to conduct your observation. In addition, as you watch the child you select also observe the classroom environment. Therefore, I suggest you watch the videos twice each. For example, the first time you watch the videos focus on the child you selected and replay the video and focus on the classroom environment.
The Child Observation Portion:
For the Child Observation: You will observe four different video of the child in the early childhood classroom. As you watch the video type some notes such as the ways the interactions between the child and the environment, as well as child to child in this case her classmate, and the child to teacher (if there was any) interactions supports language and literacy development in each of those areas. Since the videos are short you will provide a 1 page summary of notes labeled as Appendix A just make sure to put subheadings with the title of the video as you write the notes for each short video.
The Classroom Observation Portion:
For the Classroom Environment: You will observe the preschool environment from the video (describe what areas were available to the children as well as martials and activities).
You will utilize your Environmental Rating Scale that you created from the Microsoft Word Document titled “Environmental Rating Scale”. (utilize section: Informal use of language & Dramatic Play of your rating scale) and rate the classroom whether or not the environment supports language. Then write a 1 page summary of your findings of the classroom environment labeled as Appendix B.
Step #2: View and observe the YouTube video #1 titled “Jasmin and Alyssandra Stenciling” by Colorado Department of Education
The link to the YouTube video #1 is below:
https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=082eVEuROMI&list=PLMHerO2200BuwICeVutHXMFgMMm-wFCFz&index=73
Step #3: View and observe the YouTube video #2 titled “Jasmin and Alyssandra Playing” by Colorado Department of Education
The link to the YouTube video #2 is below:
https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=WERk80TdeRc&list=PLMHerO2200BuwICeVutHXMFgMMm-wFCFz&index=72
Step #4: View and observe the YouTube video #3 titled “Jasmin and Alyssandra in the Kitchen” by Colorado Department of Education.
The link to the YouTube video #3 is below:
https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=aXmoxH2fNCE&list=PLMHerO2200BuwICeVutHXMFgMMm-wFCFz&index=71
Step #5: View and observe the YouTube video #4 titled Jasmin and Alyssandra and their Babies” by Colorado Department of Education
The link to the YouTube video #4 is below:
https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=JqaDAxavS5U&list=PLMHerO2200BuwICeVutHXMFgMMm-wFCFz&index=70
Step #6: Now that you have viewed the videos you can fill out the Microsoft Word Document attachment titled “Rating Scale: Assessing Environment to Inform Curriculum and include the table in this assignment by making sure to label it with a heading of Appendix C.
Step #7: Now it is time to write your paper.
You will write a three-page paper (not including appendix A, appendix B, and appendix C) discussing your findings from the child and environment observations. This is not a blow by blow but instead a demonstration of your knowledge and understanding with supportive research to demonstrate ability to make applications. Write your paper using APA 7 format with no less than three educational citations and three references.
Step #8: Below is how I want you write the three-page paper:
Start with an Introduction:
In your Introduction: Tell your thesis statement within the first two sentences. Tell us the basics about your observations (Summarize the observations in 2 paragraphs) and tell us the NAEYC standards you will address and introduce specifically your focus/Topic key ideas. Provide the names of the videos you used to do the observations and the time it took you to view the videos. Provide a brief snapshot of your overall impression of the videos, was it positive, was it a supportive environment? (Base off what you viewed) Was it lacking in activities and materials? (Based off what you viewed)
Step #9: Now write some Body paragraphs:
For example, introduce the topic and expand on the key ideas and how they relate to the observations. Develop and connect course concepts of language literacy in early childhood education to demonstrate ability to analyze the data and translate into practical classroom applications. You might want to research some educational articles of language literacy in early childhood education.
For example, here is one article you might want to consider:
Ferna, N. P., & Jiar, Y. K. (2017). The effect of print-rich media on learning language in kids. Journal of Humanities Insights, 1(01), 37-45.
http://www(dot)jhumanities(dot)net/article_59562_23da6d4ff6be27205568a5ad8ef8f652.pdf
Step #10: In another body paragraph integrate the NAEYC standards that were applied to the videos that you watched.
Here is the website where you can read through the NAEYC Standards:
https://www(dot)naeyc(dot)org/our-work/families/10-naeyc-program-standards
Step #11: Now, using the NAEYC Standards discuss the observations as it connects to NAEYC Standards such as Standard #2, Standard # 3, and Standard #9.
Step #12: Also, make sure to provide one NAEYC substandard/subset for each standard for standard #2, standard #3, and standard #9.
Step #13: Lastly, write a conclusion. In your conclusion: Discuss the significant findings from the videos you watched as you observed the child observation and observed the classroom environment observation and support citations and coordinating references in APA format. Include a reflection on what you learned with conclusions. Discuss the key findings. What did you learn or reaffirm from this assignment? You will want to use specific research from articles to support your thinking.
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Assignment Guidelines:
• Should be a minimum of 6 full pages: Remember 3 pages must be for actual paper with an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion. Then the three other pages are what you are writing for your Appendix A, Appendix B, and Appendix C. Therefore you should have a minimum total of 6 pages.
• Must be in Times New Roman Font Size 12 with 1 inch Margins all around.
• Must be in APA 7 format
• Must have a minimum of at 5 sentences per paragraph.
• Must have a MINIMUM of 3 different citations and a minimum of 3 References in APA 7 format. For example, you can have the NAEYC standards as one of your sources, another can the YouTube videos but since they are from the same organization consider it as one. Then, another source can be educational articles that you might find. If you want you can have more than three different citations but just make sure to cite them properly in APA 7 format within your paper and in the reference page.
• Must have a reference page with at least 3 different sources.
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Notes to the Writer:
* I uploaded a PowerPoint Presentation with Voice Instructions of this assignment from the professor just in case you want more clarity on how to complete the assignment
* I uploaded the Environmental Rating Scale Microsoft Word Attachment that contains the Environmental Rating Scale. You can use it to complete the sections and the include the Environmental Rating Scale with the necessary sections filled out as an Appendix C for this assignment.
* I included the links to each of the four different YouTube videos in Step #2, Step #3, Step #4, and Step #5.
* I uploaded the PDF article titled "The effect of print-rich media on learning language in kids. Journal of Humanities Insights" by Ng Pei Ferna and Yeo Kee Jiar
And I believe this is how you can reference it
Ferna, N. P., & Jiar, Y. K. (2017). The effect of print-rich media on learning language in kids. Journal of Humanities Insights, 1(01), 37-45. http://www(dot)jhumanities(dot)net/article_59562_23da6d4ff6be27205568a5ad8ef8f652.pdf
* I also uploaded a PDF that includes the NAEYC Standards but I think this link will work better since it will be easier to read. The link to the NAEYC Standards is
https://www(dot)naeyc(dot)org/our-work/families/10-naeyc-program-standards