Preschool Fun Ideas is an overview of age appropriate practices for early childhood educators. This course covers the fundamentals of creating engaging and nurturing learning centers, discusses the importance of each learning domain, gives examples of activities to incorporate into your daily schedule, and gives you a hands on experience creating your own lesson plan.
* You have 4 weeks to complete this course from date of your enrollment.
Preschool Fun Ideas training course content
The Preschool Fun Ideas training course consists of 4 modules:
Preschool Fun Ideas! Module 1 The Realities of Preschool: A Look Inside Early Childhood Classrooms
Module one will take a look at early childhood classrooms through the textbook, videos and websites. We will discuss specific materials that are appropriate for each learning center. The module will also focus on weekly and monthly themes for incorporating age appropriate curriculum and how to segment activities into a daily schedule.
- Creating a Nurturing Environment
- Key Features of a Learning Center
- Weekly/Monthly Lesson Plan Themes
- Segmenting Instruction
- Daily Schedules & Learning
Preschool Fun Ideas! Module 2 Learning Domains
Module two will discuss the major learning domains: social, emotional, physical and cognitive and discuss how they affect learning for young children. We will cover the differences between individualized and whole group discussion and decide which activities work best with both models of teaching. Finally we will decide how to implement individualized learning and whole group instruction practices by analyzing different classrooms and activities through the textbook, videos and websites.
- Discuss Major Learning Domains
- Individualized Instruction
- Whole Group Instruction
- Analyzing Classrooms
- Implementing Learning Practices
Preschool Fun Ideas! Module 3 Daily Activities
Module three focuses on developing creative and engaging daily activities for small groups and the entire class. Also included is discussion on how to change direction of an activity due to student response.
- Utilizing Creativity
- Student Engagement
- Experiment with Activities
- Implement Ideas
- Record Experiences
Preschool Fun Ideas! Module 4 Creating a Lesson Plan
In Module four you will take all of your knowledge from the previous modules to create a lesson plan with the template provided. Please refer to the textbook, websites, and videos for ideas, however you are encouraged to use original ideas. Please keep the following in mind as you are creating your lesson plan and remember to always engaging activities.
- Learning Centers
- Daily Activities
- Learning Domains
- Individualized Learning
- Whole Group Learning
After completing the Preschool Fun Ideas training course
After completing the Preschool Fun Ideas training course, you should be able to:
- Identify age appropriate practices for teaching young children
- Define the importance of age appropriate toys and materials in an early childhood classroom
- Recognize differences between early childhood learning domains and learning centers
- Create learning opportunities that are supportive and engaging for each child
- Use knowledge of domains to create meaningful lessons for social/emotion development, physical development, language development, and cognitive development
Course duration
The Preschool Fun Ideas training course is 24 hours long, taught over 4 weeks.
