Writing Storybooks for Young Children A Lesson Plan for Middle-Years Writers Overview This is a long-term creative writing activity best suited to middle-years learners (grades 4-6). The goal is to conceive‚ write‚ illustrate‚ and construct a storybook for a pre-school or primary-aged child. It can be used as a stand-alone activity or as a care-partner activity. Experience has revealed that this activity works best when the student is writing for a real audience – that is‚ the finished
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Obesity has been around since the late 1900’s‚ but is gradually increasing. It is mostly affecting young children and young adults. Many families think their child is healthy if the child eats more than they should be eating. Especially‚ if the parents come from a different generation‚ they believe that seeing their child with full thick skin that they are healthy. So what types of problems are happening with early childhood obesity? Obesity can be caused easily without people realizing it‚ and
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When I first walk into the childcare they children was in circle time. I sat at a round table to watch how the children interact with the teacher. It was this one child who stood out to me‚ her name is DW she was sitting by herself as if she didn’t want to participate with the other children. The teacher would go sit by DW and talk to her to try to get her to interact with her peers. So as they transition from circle time to block area DW would go get the blocks off the shelf and pour them on the
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Outcome 1 1. Discuss the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people (1.1) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international human rights treaty which grants all children and young people an inclusive set of rights‚ including the right to express their views and have them taken into account in all matters affecting them‚ the right to play‚ rest
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Unit CYP 3.1 : Understand Child and Young Person Development (LO1) 1.1 0 – 6 months Expected pattern of child development Physical Birth – When pulled to a sitting position‚ the head lags. Startled by sudden noise. Rests weigh on hands. Grabs at surface with hands. Legs still not strong enough to hold weight when standing. Can move head deliberately to look around. Often holds thumbs tucked into their hands. Moves arms purposely. Can lift both head and chest supported
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social networking and video-sharing sites. Images and videos can be loaded from cameras and mobile phones. Some mobile devices enable users to upload images and videos directly to social networking sites. It is very important that children and young people consider and choose carefully what they share online with friends and the wider community on the Internet‚ especially as photos can be easily copied and changed. The convenience of mobile phones means it is easy to upload images
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Monitoring children and young people’s development consists of Health checks‚ screening tests‚ observations‚ learning journals‚ assessment‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation. Health checks are used to establish where children are developmentally‚ compared to their peers‚ this is to monitor whether any additional help is needed physically or mentally. For example‚ a parent who is taking their baby for a health check‚ with their Health visitor‚ will be asked a series of questions about their
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M1- Explain possible consequences of maltreatment for children and young people I am going to be identifying possible consequences or the outcomes of children and young people if they are abused or maltreated at a young age. The first consequence I am going to identify is mental health issues. If a child is abused of any sort at a young age they will develop and grow up thinking this is normal‚ for example physical abuse they may not know any better or they may know better but not know what to do
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sequence of development and rate of development is that the sequence of development refers to the expected pattern of development‚ whereas the rate of development refers to the speed of development in terms of age and length of time. It is important that we are all aware of these differences in order to avoid any misdiagnosis and labelling. Milestones help us has health care professionals‚ parents and carers to gain a greater understanding of what the expected pattern of development should be‚ and
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Child development The sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth until 19 years Babies at birth Most babies are born around the 40th week of pregnancy babies who are born three weeks or more are called premature babies. If the baby is premature it is more likely to need a little more time to reach the same levels of development as a baby born at 40 weeks. Examples of what we may see | Physical | Reflexes such as swallowing‚ rooting reflex‚ grasp reflex‚ startle reflex‚ and
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