How will you engage with parents to learn about the children’s interests, experiences, and knowledge building opportunities in home, cultural, and community contexts? How will you consider parents’ hopes and dreams for their children? Have parents been part of the pre-planning in any way? What invitational opportunities are there for parents to participate in the experiences? How will you provoke children’s curiosity and sense of wonder to introduce this interest area? (Consider whether this will be an invitation, a group experience, the reading of children’s literature, an outdoor adventure, a small combination of planned experiences, and so on.) What are open-ended stems and questions you might use to engage the children in conversation and/or thinking? (What would happen if . . . Tell me about . . . I wonder . . . How did you make that choice . . .) What resources will you be using? (Include FNMI resources. Consider materials, print, media, technology, people, and so on. What are ways families and community can participate in supporting the children’s learning?) What events will help children experience and explore the enduring understandings and essential questions in this timeframe, program design, or interest area? What experiences will equip them with needed skills and knowledge? Possibilities of Possibilities of Play Based Experiences Educator Guided Experiences What materials/resources are already available for the children related to their What materials/resources can I use that will provoke children’s of interests, and the essential learning experiences and ECD domains? What can I wonder and curiosity? How can I use a full or small group time to inspire add to the environment to support children’s investigations through play and further interest in the interest area? Considering the gifts, learning further develop their thinking? Considering the gifts, learning needs, and needs, and diversities of all children and families, what are the needs of diversities of all children and families, what are the needs of each child that each child that might require further supports or adaptations? might require further supports or adaptations?
How will you engage with parents to learn about the children’s interests, experiences, and knowledge building opportunities in home, cultural, and community contexts? How will you consider parents’ hopes and dreams for their children? Have parents been part of the pre-planning in any way? What invitational opportunities are there for parents to participate in the experiences? How will you provoke children’s curiosity and sense of wonder to introduce this interest area? (Consider whether this will be an invitation, a group experience, the reading of children’s literature, an outdoor adventure, a small combination of planned experiences, and so on.) What are open-ended stems and questions you might use to engage the children in conversation and/or thinking? (What would happen if . . . Tell me about . . . I wonder . . . How did you make that choice . . .) What resources will you be using? (Include FNMI resources. Consider materials, print, media, technology, people, and so on. What are ways families and community can participate in supporting the children’s learning?) What events will help children experience and explore the enduring understandings and essential questions in this timeframe, program design, or interest area? What experiences will equip them with needed skills and knowledge? Possibilities of Play Based Experiences What materials/resources are already available for the children related to their interests, and the essential learning experiences and ECD domains? What can I add to the environment to support children’s investigations through play and further develop their thinking? Considering the gifts, learning needs, and diversities of all children and families, what are the needs of each child that might require further supports or adaptations? Possibilities of Educator Guided Experiences What materials/resources can I use that will provoke children’s of wonder and curiosity? How can I use a full or small group time to inspire further interest in the interest area? Considering the gifts, learning needs, and diversities of all children and families, what are the needs of each child that might require further supports or adaptations?
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