Bachelors Degree - Early Care and Education

2024 Spring Course Info
Child Development - Ages 4 to 8Professional DevelopmentPracticum II - Curriculum Development and ImplementationAdministration and Supervision in Early Childhood SettingsDiversity in the Lives of Young Children and FamiliesChild Guidance and Classroom EnvironmentsDevelopment of Curriculum for Children Ages 4 to 8Practicum III - Capstone Experience
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Course Information
Development of Curriculum for Children Ages Birth to 3
Course Description
In this course, university students (1) learn and use assessment and documentation to inform curriculum, (2) plan and evaluate developmentally appropriate activities, and (3) learn about effective ways to share curriculum information with families. This course addresses all areas of developmental domains and content areas. The course includes issues related to diversity in family composition, culture, and individual abilities.
Contacts
Instructor

Kimberly Thomason
Office: 540-320-3226
akimber@okstate.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

Textbooks

Devlelopmentally Appropriate Practice: Focus on Infants and Toddlers
Koralek, Derry Gosselin, Charner, Kathy
Edition: 2013
ISBN: 13: 9781928896951
Publisher: NAEYC

Extending Dance in Infant and Toddler
Raikes, Helen H; Edwards, Carolyn P; Gandini, Lella
Edition: 2009
ISBN: 13: 9781557668592
Publisher: Brookes Pub

Endless Opportunities for Infant and Toddler Curriculum: A relationship based approach
Petersen, Sandra; Wittmer, Donna S.
Edition: 2012
ISBN: 13: 9780132613125
Publisher: Pearson

Course Access
 
Approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive preliminary course information from the Oklahoma State campus coordinator listed below. One week prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive an email with their login name and password. OSU's online courses are facilitated by Canvas.
 
Brianna Cooper for Agricultural Education, Animal Science, and Grassland Management. 
Rae Ann Montgomery for Dietetics, Early Care & Education, Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Gerontology, and Merchandising. 
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
University Members
Members of the Great Plains IDEA are universities accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Member universities recruit, admit and graduate students, teach in an academic program and contribute to the leadership and maintenance of the alliance. Membership in the alliance is a selective process that engages institutional leadership at all levels.
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Alison Eddy is a student in the Dietetics program at KUMC.Great Plains IDEA has so many benefits for its students. The ability to continue my education while working full-time and growing my family has been a huge benefit for me. Earning the Student Excellence Award will greatly benefit my family as we begin our lives with our new daughter because we can use it to pay for the rest of my tuition and will not have to budget in finishing my degree.

– – Alison Eddy, Dietetics and Nutrition Master's Degree Student,
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