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(Unit 8) Topic 1: The Whole Child 

4 Clock Hours of Early Childhood Education

Unit 8 Topic 1 Agenda:

​Topic 1 Page 1

1. Unit 8 Topic 1: The Whole Child * Agenda​
2. ​The Basics​
3. Four Domains of Development​
4. Favorite Age   
5. A Good Start
6. A Developmental Continuum
7. The Concept of Continuum
8. Select CDA Setting

Infant/Toddler
​9. Infant Development
10. Developmental Milestones:
Age 1 Month
11. ​Developmental Milestones:
Age 3 Months
12. Developmental Milestones:
Age 7 Months
13. Developmental Milestones:
Age 1 Year
14 Supporting Infant Development: Tummy Time
15. Tummy Time Q and A​
16. Tummy Time Solutions
17. Tummy Time Timeline
18.​ Babies Who Hate Tummy Time
19. Lesson Plan: Water Play for Infants
20. ​Toddler Development
21. Developmental Milestones:
Age 18 Months
22. Developmental Milestones:
Age 2 Years
23. Red Flags and Atypical Development
​24. Understanding Red Flags
25.-26. Infant/Toddler Scenarios

Preschool
9. Preschool Development
10. Developmental Milestones: Three-Year-Old 
11. Developmental Milestones: Four-Year-Old 
12. Developmental Milestones: Five-Year-Old 
13. Supporting Preschool Development through Play
14. Children are Playful by Nature
15. Play Matters
16. Preschool Independence
17. Preschool Behavior
18. School Readiness
19. Preschool Logic and Reasoning
20. Self-Regulation and Preschoolers
21. Self-Regulation Skills 
22. Common Challenges in Preschool
23. Red Flags and Atypical Development
24. Red Flags: Preschool 4-Years
25. Red Flags: Preschool 3-Years
26. Red Flags: Preschool 5-Years

Family Home Provider
9. Infant Development
10. Developmental Milestones:
Age 1 Month
11. ​Developmental Milestones:
Age 3 Months
12. Developmental Milestones:
Age 7 Months
13. Developmental Milestones:
Age 1 Year
14 Supporting Infant Development:
​Tummy Time
15. Tummy Time Q and A​
​16. ​Toddler Development
17. Developmental Milestones:
Age 18 Months
18. Developmental Milestones:
Age 2 Years
19. Preschool Development
20. Developmental Milestones:
​Three-Year-Old
21. Developmental Milestones:
Four-Year-Old
22. Developmental Milestones:
Five-Year-Old
23. Red Flags and Atypical Development
​24. Understanding Red Flags
25.-26. Infant/Toddler/Preschool Scenarios

27. Family Partnerships and Development
28. Developmental and Individual Needs
29. Temperament and Development
30. Development of the Individual Child
31. Considering the Individual Child
32. Brain Development
33. Your Impact on Brain Development 
34. Serve and Return
35. Serve and Return Explained
36. Behavior and Development
37. Program Planning to Support Development
38. ​End of Topic 1 Assessment Quiz

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• Unit 8 Synopsis and Checklist

Topic 1 Course Description:
4 Clock Hours
CDA Settings:

• Infant/Toddler
• Preschool
• Family Child Care (Mixed-Age)

​Early childhood educators should consider their role as an approach to teaching the whole child. Children are complicated little creatures with vast differences and many considerations to be had. There are countless developmental milestones to be familiar with and to consider when working with children. This course will discuss developmental milestones, child development domains, brain development and how early childhood educators can use this information to inform their interactions with the children in their classroom. 

Learning Outcomes:

• ​Discuss developmental guidelines for certain ages
• Explain an analogy for serve and return
• Analyze common developmental milestones and red flags through different levels of development
• Differentiate between development and growth
• Examine developmentally appropriate practice strategies 

**  A special thank you to Aurora Tollestrup, BS Ed for developing the curriculum for this topic. ** ​ 

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