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Selecting a Developmentally Appropriate Book for Preschoolers (ages 3-6)

35 points

Due: Friday March 19

Each day, a five-point deduction will apply when an assignment is late.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Project:

Discuss the major developmental characteristics, abilities, issues, and/or concerns of the early childhood years demonstrated in the children’s book in two developmental domains.

Apply the knowledge of early childhood development to selecting appropriate books for children.

Devise ways of caregiver interactions to promote early childhood development supported by course knowledge.

Instructions:

Select one book demonstrating early childhood developmental aspects in two of these domains (physical/motor, cognitive, or socioemotional).

1.Briefly describe the book (title, number of pages, story/information, illustration – how children understand it even though not able to read, font size, language – vocabulary children already know and will learn, and average length of sentences, etc.).

Also state how you think the book is meant for preschoolers demonstrated in the above-mentioned aspects. Provide specific examples from the book when necessary.

2.Reference Chapters 9-11 of the course text and relate specific early childhood development knowledge to the children’s book content. Address the following guidelines for the two chosen developmental domains. Discuss about one domain at a time.

I.What is the developmental domain to which the book is relevant?

II.What are the early childhood developmental characteristics, abilities, issues, and/or concerns demonstrated in the book?

a.For each domain, identify at least two aspects of preschoolers’ developmental characteristics/abilities/issues discussed in the textbook that are relevant to the children’s book, e.g., nutrition need, egocentrism.

b.Paraphrase substantial textbook information regarding the developmental characteristics/abilities/issues. Then discuss how the characteristics/issues are shown in the children’s book (e.g., in illustration, language, book format, story, etc.). Cite the course knowledge twice or more for each developmental aspect, with good quantity and depth of information, and relate the knowledge to the content of the children’s book.

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c.To earn a better grade: You are encouraged to consider how the child’s development can be further promoted and/or abilities be enhanced through the use of the book. Discuss how a caregiver can interact with a preschooler, in addition to reading the book, to promote the focused developmental aspects. Paraphrase specific course knowledge to support your arguments.

III.Critical Analysis of Equity and Inclusion: address the following questions

a.Do the characters model views or actions that you would like children to emulate? Give an example.

b.Do the words and images provide opportunities to learn about or partake in someone else’s experience? Give an example.

c.Does the storyline encourage caregiver-child conversations about differences?

*The example assignment on Canvas does not include this section.

When information is borrowed from the textbook, paraphrase it using your own words, avoid using quotations, and cite the text in APA style (Note the page numbers of the textbook information in your citations). Quote only those words that you would definitely not be able to paraphrase!

Cite the children’s book author (and year when applicable) whenever you discuss its content.

The whole paper needs to be formatted in APA Writing Style.

The essay will be 4-5 pages (not including the title and reference pages). Type it using: 12-point Times or Times New Roman font, double-spacing and one-inch margins.

Structure of essay: (No abstract is needed.)

Title page: (includes an image of the children’s book cover here)

Description of book (2/3 – 1 page)

First domain: 1 – 11/3 page; use a topic sentence with the focused domain and two (or more) developmental aspects

Your arguments of appropriateness supported with paraphrased course knowledge

Second domain: 1 – 11/3 page; use a topic sentence with the focused domain and two (or more) developmental aspects

Your arguments of appropriateness supported with paraphrased course knowledge

Critical Analysis of Equity and Inclusion: about 1/3 page

A brief summary (of developmental aspects and major arguments): about 1/3 page

Page of references (the textbook and the children’s book) using APA style

Whenever there are SIX or more words copied from the original literature or other people’s work without quotation marks, it is considered plagiarism, for which you will lose many points or earn the grade of F. Rephrasing others’ ideas without citation is also plagiarism.

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