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CDECE 59 Guiding Young Children Final 25 points Part 1: This semester you have had the opportunity to learn about guidance and the behavior of young children

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CDECE 59

Guiding Young Children

Final

25 points

Part 1:

This semester you have had the opportunity to learn about guidance and the behavior of young children.

Utilizing your texts, class lecture notes, powerpoints, readings, assignments, class activities and videos , Part 1 of the Final Essay assignment is to evaluate your own learning by completing a 3 (minimum) page typewritten paper (double-spaced/12pt. font) that addresses the following 3 essay prompts:

1. During the semester you have acquired new information, new concepts and new ideas about young children, their development and guidance- Please describe 3 concepts that stand out to you. Make sure your description is detailed- What the information, concept, or idea is and why it stands out as important to you. You must reference in-class experiences to support your statements-

2. How do you imagine that you might use the knowledge you have gained this semester in your personal life and in your future or present career?

3. What you have learned about yourself and young children and their behavior as a result of your participation in this course?

Be thorough and answer each question thoughtfully and completely-

Part 2

Facilitation and Guidance Scenario

Resources: Film- Supporting Children in Resolving Conflicts (YouTube link)

Refer to these handouts: Steps to Conflict Resolution , Conflict Handout , Active Listening , and Limit Setting :

· Develop and write a strategy to respond to a child’s challenging behavior in an early childhood setting from the scenarios listed:

Choose one and clearly outline and label your Steps/strategies

-Remember to follow all of the steps to conflict resolution!

-Think about what the feelings might be behind the behavior

-Try not to: question, moralize, judge or predict…just follow the process

Scenario 1:

Two children are in the block area, they have built a structure together, one of them wants to put some farm animals into the structure and the other child is saying “No!” and the other is saying, “Yes!” Their yelling is getting really loud.

Scenario 2:

You are out on a nature walk with four children. One of the children keeps running up to other children and poking them. All of the other children are saying “No” and “stop it!” but the child waits for a few minutes, does it again and laughs.

Scenario 3:

Three girls are in the housekeeping area playing family, one is the mom, one is the sister and the other one is the baby, A 4th girl comes along and asks to play, the other girls say “no, there is no one else in our family”. The 4th girl starts crying and comes to the teacher for help.

Scenario 4:

Outside on the climbing structure a group of boys are playing superheroes when a girl climbs up the slide to join them- one of the boys blocks the way and says; “ Go away! Only boys are allowed in this place!”

Scenario 5:

Three children are playing at the water table. They each have two sharks. Another child comes and tries to take one of the sharks from another child; they are both tugging on it and begin to push at each other.

Scenario 6:

Three children are in the sand box- one child is digging with a yellow shovel and another sees this and screams “No! I had it first!” and grabs it away and the other child begins to cry.

Grading Rubric: 25 points possible

Writing Mechanics	Excellent: 5 pts	Good: 4 pts	Fair: 3-2 pts	Poor: 1 pts
	Spelling, grammar, punctuation, word use, sentence structure and formatting are accurate. Less than 3 mistakes	Spelling, grammar, punctuation, word use, sentence structure and formatting are accurate. Less than 5 mistakes	Spelling, grammar, word use etc, are somewhat inaccurate but the mistakes do not keep the reader from understanding the content	Spelling, grammar, word use etc are largely inaccurate. Numerous mistakes and formatting problems make the document difficult to understand.
Content	Excellent: 20 pts	Good: 19-15 pts	Fair: 14-8 pts	Poor: 8-0 pts
	Part 1: All three prompts are expressed completely. Three concepts are discussed thoroughly- Examples and details are given. Information shows a high level of connection to the topic- In class experiences (Lecture/video/activities) are referenced. Part 2: Conflict resolution steps are clearly labeled, Active Listening skills are present, evidence of consideration of the feelings behind the behavior is clear, no judging, moralizing is present- Adult acts as facilitator	Part 1: All three prompts are expressed completely. Three concepts are discussed- Examples and details are given. All information is directly related to the questions asked. Some in class experiences are referenced. Part 2: Most Conflict resolution steps are clearly labeled, Some Active Listening skills are present, Some evidence of consideration of the feelings behind the behavior is clear, no judging, moralizing is present- Adult acts as facilitator	Part 1: All three prompts are answered and the information is directly related to the questions being asked Part 2: Some Conflict resolution steps are clearly labeled, Active Listening skills are not present, No evidence of consideration of the feelings behind the behavior is clear, no judging, moralizing is present- Adult does not act as facilitator	Part 1: Assignment is incomplete or mostly unrelated to the topic. Part 2: No Conflict resolution steps are clearly labeled or used, Active Listening skills are not present, No evidence of consideration of the feelings behind the behavior is clear, judging, moralizing is present- Adult does not act as facilitator, uses punitive measures

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