COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND

COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND

ACTIVITIES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD: MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND TECHNOLOGY

EDU 1040 – 61891

Spring 2008

Instructor:

Mary Hunt Phone: 301-934-7512

Email: maryh@csmd.edu

Fax: 301-934-7650

Office: Room 134A, Learning Resource Center

Office Hours: Monday 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Thursday 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Schedule:

This course will meet on Thursdays from 7:15 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the La Plata Campus.

Prerequisite:

None

Course Description:

This course focuses on the development of knowledge and creativity in the disciplines of science, math, social studies, and technology.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and its relationship to science, math, social studies, and technology.
Discuss the need for developing a positive self-concept in young children, and how to achieve this objective.
Describe the value of play in children’s lives.
Identify their own attitudes about people who are culturally and physically different from themselves and examine ways in which these attitudes affect their teaching.
Plan and implement appropriate activities to enhance a child’s awareness and acceptance of other people in his environment.
Identify levels of social and emotional development in children and their relationship to the child’s behavior in the classroom.
Demonstrate knowledge of concepts and investigative activities related to science.
Plan and implement formal, informal, and incidental science activities.
Demonstrate knowledge of how children acquire the concept of number.
Plan and implement appropriate activities in order to teach children the basic concepts of math.
Evaluate software for children.

This syllabus is subject to change in order to maximize the students’ learning experiences.

Required Texts:

Early Education Curriculum: A Child’s Connection to the World, 3^rd edition. Hilda L. Jackman. Thomson Delmar Learning.

Sing Me a Story! Tell Me a Song! Hilda L. Jackson. Thomson Delmar Learning.

Course Requirements and Information:

Assignments

All assignments must be turned in on time. If assignments are mailed, faxed, hand delivered to the department, or emailed to the instructor, it is the student’s responsibility to make sure the instructor has received the assignment on the specified date. Five percent of the value of the assignment will be deducted for each day the assignment is late. No assignment will be accepted more than one class time late.

All written work completed outside of class must be typed, doubled spaced with

1”-1 ½ ” margins, and stapled. Use a 12-point business-type font such as New Times Roman or Ariel. Students are strongly encouraged to use computer word processing programs when completing assignments. Open computer labs are available to students on the La Plata, Leonardtown, and Prince Frederick campuses.

Grammar, spelling, and punctuation will be considered when papers are graded.

Make sure you keep a copy of each assignment you turn in for your records.

NO DISNEY PUBLICATIONS, WESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY PUBLICATIONS (INCLUDES GOLDEN BOOKS), OR BERENSTAIN BEARS BOOKS MAY BE USED IN ANY ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS COURSE.

NO CHILDREN’S BOOKS WITH A PUBLICATION DATE PRIOR TO 1998 WILL BE USED.

Attendance

Class discussion is a very important part of the student’s learning. One must be present to benefit from the comments of others and to benefit by contributing comments. There is no attendance or participation grade awarded in this course. However, students are reminded that all assignments and exams are due when scheduled by the instructor.

Academic Integrity Violations

Students must adhere to the Student Code of Conduct as outlined in the Student Handbook.
Students found in violation of this code could receive a final grade of “F.”

To plagiarize is to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one’s own. This is a form of cheating. To knowingly allow another to use one’s ideas or words is also cheating. All exams and assignments must be completed without collaboration with anyone else unless the instructor expressly gives instructions to collaborate.

Audit/Withdrawal

Students auditing must attend 80% of classes.
Students who anticipate changing from audit to credit must meet all deadlines for assignments and examinations. All course requirements must be met.

LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A CLASS WITHOUT A GRADE; LAST DAY TO CHANGE A CREDIT TO AN AUDIT OR AN AUDIT TO A CREDIT:

April 10, 2008.

Child Development Websites

What we do with young children is based on our knowledge of child development. The following websites may be useful in reviewing stages of development.

Ages and Stages—Infants

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/babysitting/age-infant.html

Ages and Stages—Toddlers

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/babysitting/age-toddler.html

Ages and Stages—Preschool

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/babysitting/age-preschool.html

Ages and Stages—Five Year Olds

http://www.nnnc.org/Child.Dev/ages.stages.5y.html

NNCC provides social, emotional, physical and intellectual development milestones and ideas for caregivers.

Ages and Stages—School Age

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/babysitting/age-schoolage.html

CSM Association for the Education of Young Children (CSMAEYC)

We will have meetings for this Student Government Association club during some of our class times. Participation in the club is a good way for students to network with other students, get involved in the early childhood community, and be more in tune with the field. Students who attend and fully participate in the meetings will receive 5 bonus points per meeting.

Disabled Student Services

Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact Disabled Student Services in the Student Success Center at 301-934-7614 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

Early Childhood Supplies Catalogs

You will be using pictures and information from these catalogs for the course. Make sure you order them early!

Classroom Direct

1-800-248-9171

www.classroomdirect.com

Constructive Playthings

1-800-448-1412

www.constplay.com

Discount School Supply

1-800-627-2829

www.earlychildhood.com

Early Childhood Direct from Beckley Cardy

Beckley Cardy

1-800-784-5717

Educate and Celebrate, Inc.

1-888-535-2771

email: educandcele@csapeake.net

Lakeshore Learning Materials

1-800-428-4414

www.lakeshorelearning.com

Steve Spangler Science

1-800-223-9080

Electronic Devices

All electronic devices must be either turned off or set on the “silence” or “vibrator” mode. The device cannot make any sound during the class period. Text messaging or any other communication using electronic devices is not acceptable during class. It is expected that your full attention will be focused on the ongoing activities in the classroom while class is in session. If it becomes necessary for a student to take a phone call or page, the student must leave the room with out disruption. If a student must leave the room to take a call or page during an exam, the student will not be permitted back into the room to complete the exam.

Emergency Closings

If it becomes necessary to close the college because of severe weather, or other emergencies, an announcement will be made regarding the closing of each campus on the emergency closing hotline: 301-369-1999 or the toll-free number: 800-650-4023. This announcement, and the college’s web site, www.csmd.edu, will be updated as soon as a decision is made.

Please do not call the college switchboard. Telephone lines become congested and communication is hampered.

Media Contacts:

The college will also contact the following radio and television stations:

Radio:

WHFS 99.1 FM WSMD 98.3 Star FM

WWZZ 104.1 FM WRQX 107.3 FM

WAVA 105.1 FM WMAL 630 AM

WTOP 107.7 FM/1500 AM

Television:

WRC Channel 4 WMAL Channel 7

WUSA Channel 9 WTTG/Fox Channel 5

Associated Press

Exams and Quizzes

There will be 5 exams in this course. Each is worth 100 points. Exams must be taken at the announced class. There will be no make-up exams. The lowest exam grade will be dropped.

Quizzes may occasionally be given at the beginning of class. Quizzes are worth bonus points. Missed quizzes will not be made up.

Grading

1498-1665 (90%)=A 999-1164 (60%)=D

1332-1497 (80%)=B 0-998 =F

1165-1331 (70%)=C

Activity	Possible Points	Actual Points
5 exams @ 100 points each (drop 1)	400 points
Math Lesson Plan I	115 points
Math Lesson Plan II	155 points
Cooking Lesson Plan	225 points
Recipe	50 points
Science Lesson Plan	270 points
Science Table	100 points
Field Trip	50 points
Prop Box	100 points
Multicultural Checklist	100 points
Presentation	100 points
Total Points	1665 points

Student Success Center (SSC)

The SSC offers high-quality programs and services that support active learning, academic success and access to students with documented disabilities. Services include free individual and group tutoring, study and test-taking strategies, learning instruction, tutorial software, online tutoring, a computer learning lab and more. Call 301-934-7657 or visit www.csmd.edu/successLR120 for more information.

Unauthorized Persons in the Workplace

The college strongly discourages students from bringing unauthorized persons into the classroom or laboratory while instruction or testing is ongoing. If child care difficulties, for example, prevent you from attending class, you are encouraged to comply with the instructor’s policy on absenteeism, including informing the instructor and arranging to make up the work missed. Such an arrangement might include use of the Testing Center to make up tests. It is important to recognize; however, that your grade may be jeopardized as a result of excessive absences, regardless of the reason for them.

CONTENT CALENDAR

Dates	Topics	Homework
1-24	* Course Overview * Creating the Environment that Supports Curriculum & Connects Children	* Read chapters 1 & 4
1-31	* Literature	* Read chapter 2
2-7	* CSMAEYC Meeting * Creating Curriculum	* Read chapter 5 * Study for Literature/Curriculum Exam * Prepare Math Lesson Plan I
2-14	* Math Lesson Plan I Due * Literature/Curriculum Exam * Math Concepts
2-21	* Math Concepts * Integrating Math with Other Curriculum Areas	* Read chapter 9 * Study for Math Exam * Prepare Math Lesson Plan II
2-28	* CSMAEYC Meeting * Math Lesson Plan II Due * Math Exam * Blocks, Water, and Sand * Cooking with Young Children	* Prepare a cooking lesson plan and recipe
3-6	* Technology & the Young Child	* Study for Sensory Center Exam
3-13	* Sensory Centers Exam * Cooking Lesson Plans & Recipes Due & Presented	* Read Chapter 6
3-17-23	Spring Break – Campus Closed
3-27	* Basic Scientific Process Skills & Concepts for Young Children	* Prepare a Science Lesson Plan
4-3	* CSMEYC Meeting * Science Centers	* Prepare a Science Table (due 4-19) * Read chapter 7 * Study for Science Exam
4-10	* Science Exam * Social Studies *Last day to withdraw or change to audit	* Prepare Multicultural Checklist * Read chapter 12
4-17	* Multicultural Checklist Due * Science Table Due * Field Trips & Prop Boxes	* Prepare Field Trip & Related Prop Box (due 5-3)
4-24	* Dramatic Play	* Study for Social Studies Exam
5-1	* CSMAEYC Meeting * Field Trip & Related Prop Box due * Social Studies Exam	* Prepare Field Trip & Prop Box Presentation
5-8	* Field Trip & Prop Box Presentations

The syllabus is subject to change in order to maximize the students’ learning experiences.