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Question:
In this assignment, choose one of the following curriculum areas as the focus of your essay: blocks, woodworking, granular, water, or manipulative. You must read the respective chapter from your textbook.
In your essay, address the following:
Explain the importance of the chosen curriculum area in the child's learning and what children can learn from the curriculum area (consider things such as math, language, and science concepts).
Consider how play in the chosen curriculum area promotes the holistic development of the child. Be sure to address each of the five developmental domains (social, physical, intellectual, creative, and emotional).
Choose one of the four holistic play-based goals outlined in the Early Learning and Child Care Curriculum Framework for Alberta. Identify the goal and descriptors and consider to use them to reflect upon and interpret the play experiences within the chosen curriculum area.
Choose two of the five dispositions to learn outlined in the Early Learning and Child Care Curriculum Framework for Alberta. Identify and describe the dispositions and explain how to nurture them through play in the chosen curriculum area.
Provide concrete examples within your essay, and draw from current and past experiences working with young children.
Additional sources beyond your textbook and Curriculum Framework must be used. Use resources from the Buchanan Resource Library, including the databases, Young Children, and other professional resources. Your optional reading list is also a good resource. Your essay must follow APA guidelines and contain a title page, in-text citations, and a reference page. Please refer to the APA student guide. Be certain that your essay contains the following components:
Title page
Introduction
Content (as outlined above)
Conclusion
Reference page.
We follow Reggio Emilia philosophy which sees all children as capable, no need to separate according to perceived abilities. The Intellectual cognitive domain of SPICE is the ability to engage in out of the box thinking, creative problem solving, creation of new ideas, and use of language in creative ways.
Attachment:- Holistic Development.rar