ECE 252 — Infant-Toddler Curriculum Units: 3
This course focuses on planning and implementing a curriculum for children ages birth to 3 years old. The course includes a variety of child development theories and applies them to curriculum development for infants and toddlers. The major developmental domains such as physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development are utilized in developing infant/toddler curriculum. Students will learn and apply best practice in infant/toddler curriculum planning including individualized curriculum, and caregiving relationships and routines as curriculum. An emphasis will be placed on the relationship between the environment and successful curriculum planning for infants and toddlers. This course requires 15 hours of field experience in an early childhood classroom. Field experiences are focused learning opportunities that require the student to practice specific skills working with young children. * Students must complete the field experience through TMCC. * Students are required to have fingerprints, an approved background check, and a clear TB test prior to enrolling in courses with field experience. If a student fails to meet these requirements, or if the background check is not approved, the student will not be permitted to participate in courses with field experience. * Students must work with the instructor to arrange a field experience schedule and placement site.