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Lesson 5 Assignment: Part 1: Project One Portfolio
Project One Portfolio:
Developing a Space for Early Childhood Learning and Growth-Part One (of
Three): Map and Essay on Equipping the Environment to Care for Bodies,
Nutrition, Hygiene and Movement
Assignment Overview
This is where you create part one of your three-part portfolio. This
portion of the portfolio (a map and a paper) will count as your usual
lesson assignment. You will turn in the assignment which your instructor
will return with comments. After you correct it, you will submit it as
part of the portfolio in later lessons.
Remember that you will need to revise this assignment before you
submit it with the components that we will develop in Lesson 6 and
Lesson 7. You will turn in the portfolio in Lesson 7.
This three-part assignment asks you to first design a map of a child
care environment that supports the nutritional, hygienic and
movement-based needs of young children. Then, you will write a paper
that discusses the child care environment you designed, the reasoning
behind your design choices, and the implications of this type of child
care setting.
Deliverables
- One “map” of an ideal early childhood care environment (constructed
by the student by hand or with computer software, scanned and submitted
with the discussion component). - One 3-4 page (750-1000 word) discussion of the details of your child care environment design. Use word processing software.
Assignment Details
Perform the following tasks:
Step 1: Design a “map” of an ideal early childhood care
environment. Drawing on knowledge gained through Lesson 5 materials,
design a “map” of an early childhood care environment that supports the
following aspects of physical development in early childhood:
- Body growth
- Motor development
- Nutritional needs
- Sleep needs
- Hygiene needs
- Special physical needs
- Safety
Your map should include both indoor and outdoor environmental
components. Your map should also provide those who see it with enough
detail to understand both the overall physical design of the space and
many of the smaller components (e.g. equipment, centers, toys, etc.)
that you believe provide developmentally appropriate practices.
Step 2: Develop a detailed description of your map.
Write an essay that guides your audience through the child care
environment map that you designed. As you discuss each component of the
map, describe both the “what” (the actual elements that the map
features) and the “why” (why you chose to include each piece of the map
in this ideal, hypothetical classroom). The “why” is most important
here, as the ability to discuss and defend your design choices will
reflect your understanding of physical developmental needs in early
childhood and what addressing these needs looks like in practice. You
are expected to support all of your design choices with specific
information from Lesson 5 materials and any other research you choose to
conduct. Please cite all sources appropriately in your paper.
Consider the following questions as you develop your paper:
- What design choices did you make and why?
- How do your specific choices correspond with a researched understanding of the physical development of young children?
- What details from course materials and any outside research support your design choices?
After you have provided a detailed, supported, critical description
of your map, discuss the implications or importance of the child care
setting you developed as a whole.
Consider the following questions as you conclude your paper:
- Why is this type of child care environment important?
- What might this environment provide for the children who learn and play in it?
- What might this environment communicate to parents, teachers, and children who spend their time in it?
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