Course Competency #4

Sheri Johnson

Develop activity plans that promote child development and learning

When we develop activity plans that help to promote child development we promote a healthy learning cycle. We intentional think about what do I want the children to learn? How will I help them learn this? What phase of learning in that specific goal are they in now? How can I help them advance and build on their learning? Activity plans allows us as teachers to interact more deliberately with the children. The overall understanding of the subject matter is more intense. Children are encouraged to ask questions and think about each one in detail as we guide them into possibly even answering their own question. We as teachers get a clearer idea about what the children are actually absorbing. Instead of talking to the children we end up talking with the children when we implement activity plans. Effective activity plans communicate, ineffective ones don't. We create lesson plans to advance childrens development and learning regarding specific subject-matter. Activity plans we create should contain child learning objectives, instructional techniques, the required materials, and a description of how we will be able to tell if the children understand what is being taught.