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Family & Consumer Sciences Education LogoChild Development
This course provides students with an understanding of the aspects of human growth and development.  Parenting skills are developed as positive guidance techniques and child-related issues are studied.  Learning activities, observation techniques, and lab experiences in working with young children may be included.  Student leadership (FCCLA) may be an integral part of the course.

GENERAL INFORMATION

  COURSE STATE STANDARDS
 

    -Child Development Standards - PDF
    -Child Development Standards Common Core Grid - PDF
    -Human Development Standards (Concurrent Enrollment) - PDF

 

 

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE/COURSE DISCLOSURE

 

    -Child Development Calendar - Word
    -Child Development Disclosure - Word
    -Child Development Participation Points - Word
    -Child Development Scope and Sequence - Word
    -Child Development Vocabulary - Word

 

STANDARD 1
Students will evaluate parenting roles and responsibilities.

  STANDARD 1 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
 

Objective 1: Recognize the characteristics and responsibilities of parenting.
    -Parenting Book - Word
    -Parenting Readiness 1 - PowerPoint
    -Parenting Readiness 2 - PowerPoint
    -Parent Job Description - Word
    -Who Is the Better Mother (Pictures) - Word
    -Wish My Daddy Was a Dog - Word

 

 

Objective 2: Explain the importance of nurture and nature.

 

  STANDARD 1 TESTS OR QUIZZES
 

 

 

  STANDARD 1 WEB RESOURCES
 

 

 

STANDARD 2
Students will identify growth and development.
Objectives may be integrated into each developmental age under standards 4 and 5.

  STANDARD 2 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
 

Objective 1: Identify generalizations of growth and development.

 

 

Objective 2: Identify the characteristics of selected developmental theories.

 

  STANDARD 2 TESTS OR QUIZZES
 

 

 

  STANDARD 2 WEB RESOURCES
 

 

 

STANDARD 3
Students will identify characteristics of prenatal care, pregnancy and childbirth.

  STANDARD 3 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
 

Objective 1: Discuss the importance of early prenatal and on-going prenatal care.
    -Birth Defects 1 - PowerPoint
    -Birth Defects 2 - PowerPoint
    -Birth Defects 3 - PowerPoint
    -Birth Defects 4 - PowerPoint
    -Birth Defects 5 - PowerPoint
    -Birth Defects 6 - PowerPoint
    -Birth Defects Boy without Legs - PowerPoint
    -Birth Defects Chart - Word
    -Birth Defects Pictures - PowerPoint
    -Genes Load the Gun - Word
    -Genetic Disorders and Problem Pregnancies - PowerPoint
    -Genetics - Word
    -Genetics and Heredity - PowerPoint
    -Top Ten Reasons a Pregnant Woman Needs a Banana Split - Word

 

 

Objective 2: Identify heredity and environmental factors influencing birth defects.

 

 

Objective 3: Explain the characteristics of pregnancy.
    -How Twins Are Made - Word
    -Human Reproduction - Word
    -Online Pregnancy Test - Word
    -Teen Pregnancy Article - Word
    -The Baby Borrows DVD Information - Word

 

 

Objective 4: Identify characteristics of prenatal development and childbirth.
    -
Months of Pregnancy Simulation Ideas - Word

 

 

Objective 5: List the sequential events in the childbirth process.

 

  STANDARD 3 TESTS OR QUIZZES
 

 

 

  STANDARD 3 WEB RESOURCES
 

 

 

STANDARD 4
Students will explain the growth and development of the newborn and infant.

  STANDARD 4 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
 

Objective 1: Describe the growth and development of the newborn and infant.    -Baby Costs - PowerPoint
    -
Baby Price is Right - PowerPoint
    -
Baby Think It Over Inventory Cost List 1 - Word
    -Baby Think It Over Inventory Cost List 2 - Word
    -Newborn Unit Introduction: Baby Shower Game - Word

 

 

Objective 2: Describe the growth and development of the infant.

 

 

Objective 3: Evaluate appropriate learning activities based on the growth and development of infants.
    
-Infant Simulation Day - Word
    -PIES Infant Development Pamphlet and Rubric - Word

 

  STANDARD 4 TESTS OR QUIZZES
 

 

 

  STANDARD 4 WEB RESOURCES
 

 

 

STANDARD 5
Students will explain the growth and development of toddlers and preschoolers.

  STANDARD 5 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
 

Objective 1: Describe the growth and development of the toddler.
    -
A 3-Year-Old's Tea Party - PDF
    -Emotional and Social Development of Toddlers - PowerPoint
    -Intellectual Development of Toddlers - PowerPoint

 

 

Objective 2: Evaluate appropriate learning activities based on the growth and development of toddlers.
    -Toddler Physical Simulation Day - Word
    -Toddler Simulation Day - Word

 

 

Objective 3: Describe the growth and development of the preschooler.
    -What Love Means to 4-8 Year Olds - Word

 

 

Objective 4: Evaluate appropriate learning activities based on the growth and development of preschoolers.
    -
FACS Preschool Ideas - Word
    -Preschool Physical Simulation Day - Word
    -The Whole Child Video Resource - Word 
    -Through the Eyes of a Child - PowerPoint

 

  STANDARD 5 TESTS OR QUIZZES
 

 

 

  STANDARD 5 WEB RESOURCES
      -Children's Box Theme Ideas - Word
    -Children's Story Themed Folder - Word

STANDARD 6
Students will practice age-appropriate positive guidance techniques and strategies for coping with challenging situations.
Objectives may be integrated into each developmental age under standards 4 and 5.

  STANDARD 6 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
 

Objective 1: Analyze appropriate positive discipline/guidance techniques.
    -Baby Costs - PowerPoint
    -Little Johnny - Word
    -Mommy - PowerPoint
    -No Running In the House - Word

 

 

Objective 2: Practice and/or identify infant, toddler, and preschool age-appropriate positive guidance techniques.

 

 

Objective 3: Objective 3: Describe challenging situations and the skills needed to cope.

 

  STANDARD 6 TESTS OR QUIZZES
 

 

 

  STANDARD 6 WEB RESOURCES
 

 

 

STANDARD 7
Students will examine issues related to the health and wellness of children.
Objectives may be integrated into each developmental age under standards 4 and 5.

  STANDARD 7 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
 

Objective 1: Identify health and wellness considerations for infants through preschoolers.
    -Annual Pediatric Teleconference on Childhood Obesity - Word
    -Infant Health and Wellness Ideas - Word
    -Resource Information Regarding Childhood Obesity - Word

 

 

Objective 2: Practice and/or identify infant, toddler, and preschool age-appropriate positive guidance techniques.

 

  STANDARD 7 TESTS OR QUIZZES
 

 

 

  STANDARD 7 WEB RESOURCES
 

 

ADDITIONAL GENERAL INFORMATION

  ENTIRE COURSE TESTS OR QUIZZES
 

    -Child Development Book List - Excel
    -Child Development Final - Word
    -Child Development Mad Gab Review Game - PowerPoint
    -Child Development Matching Review Final - Word
    -Child Development Review Quiz Final - Word
    -Review Lion King - Word
    -Review Matilda - Word
    -State Test Study Guide For Child Development - Word
    -Year End Summary - Word

 

  ENTIRE COURSE WEB/COURSE RESOURCES
      -Last Week Child Development Ideas - Word
    -Resource Website - Word
    -Scattergories - Word

 

 

 

 

Updated November 4, 2011  


 

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pearl [dot] hart [at] schools [dot] utah [dot] gov (Pearl Hart) , Specialist
Family & Consumer Sciences Education
Phone: 801>538-7890
Fax: 801>538-7868

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