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Assignment:

This assignment is your opportunity to plan for and create a thematic unit of study for a group of young children. You will practice webbing your ideas for various activities and learning experiences in all the curriculum areas, including math, science, cooking, art, large motor and fine motor skills, language and

Instructions

Web of activities for a topic you choose that you think children might find interesting (e.g., family, water, insects, pets, etc.). Draw your web on a blank piece of paper or create the web using a digital tool (Word, PowerPoint, Canva, Miro, etc.). Use the following steps to complete this assignment.

1. Think about the big ideas or concepts that you want young learners to explore through study using a variety of learning activities. Write down six or more big ideas or concepts on your planning web.
2. Brainstorm ways children can have real experiences with the topic and activities through which they can express what they know--through art, building blocks, dramatic play, creating books, etc.
3. Add to your web activities like specific songs, fingerplays, storybooks to read together, and real experiences (field trips or class visitors) for each of your big idea concepts. Each big idea should have 4-6 activities listed.
4. Review the Colorado Academic Standards for Preschool. Pick 2-3 standards that your curriculum web will address. Add these early learning standards to your planning web.
5. Add 3-4 DAP teaching strategies to your planning web that you will use to teach some of the activities you have included in your curriculum web.
6. Write down on your planning web how you will assess the children to know if they met the selected early learning standard(s). Will you use a checklist, anecdotal observation, photos with notes, work samples from the children, or another method?