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Early Childhood Program Lesson Plan Format Junior Spring
Early Childhood Program Lesson Plan Format Junior Spring
Early Childhood Program Lesson Plan Format Junior Spring
Additional Resources and Materials Used to Increase Teacher’s Background Knowledge of the Content:
(List any websites and sources of materials and background information that you will need or use as the teacher
to engage the students.)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice. NAEYC (Editors: Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp)
Other Relevant Information
Clear Links to Learning Theories, Educational Research, and Principles of Development:
Vygotsky: (scaffolding) A teaching method that helps students learn more by receiving support from a teacher or
a more advanced student to achieve their learning goal
Ways to Incorporate Scaffolding in the classroom: Small groups/Partner work, Graphic Organizers, Modeling
Dewey: student-centered classroom where there is a respectful relationship between the students and teacher. His
theory heavily emphasized that children learn best by doing and by being interested in the material
Naturalist intelligence
Connections to Technology and/or the Arts:
Curiosity
Wondering, puzzling about something
Playing with ideas
Following intuition to see what happens
Complexity
Feeling challenged to do things in detailed ways
Seeking many different alternatives
Bringing order out of chaos
Seeing missing parts and sensing how to move between what is and what could be
Description of Collaboration with Others: (These might include the inclusion teacher, media specialist,
counselor, guest speaker, grade level coordinator, community experts, families, etc.)
Collaboration with partner teacher to discuss appropriate sequence of learning throughout the mini-unit.
Early Childhood Program – Lesson Plan Format – Junior Spring John H. Lounsbury College of Education, Georgia College