Break free from standardized learning plans. Explore a world where plans and possibilities emerge from the minds and enthusiasm of teachers and children living life together. Review child-originated, teacher-framed curricula examples. Discover how to satisfy learning standards and give children choice and flexibility in their experiences while in your care. (2 hours)
Butterfly transforming from a caterpillar to a chrysalis, and emerging as a monarch.
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Course objectives
- describe an emergent curriculum approach and why educators might adopt this way of facilitating powerful learning experiences with children and youth
- make professional judgments about the use of materials, organization of spaces, and management of schedules and routines to facilitate learning based on children's interests and regular observations of them
- document the learning and skills development that happens during playful investigations
