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ECH220
Early Childhood Standards and EE
This course is designed to acquaint early childhood educators with early learning standards and explore how they align with and inform early childhood environmental education materials and practices.
Modules and Objectives
Module 1
Early Learning Standards and Their Importance
Module 2
Exploring Different Early Learning Standards
Module 3
Using an Early Childhood Environmental Education Curriculum to Address Early Learning Standards: Getting Little Feet Wet
Module 4
Aligning Standards to Early Learning Activities: Book Reading
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Explain the purpose of early learning standards and their role in early childhood education
Differentiate between programmatic, curricular, and child-centered Early Learning Standards
Demonstrate understanding of the development, purpose, and framework of Project WET’s Getting Little Feet Wet (GLFW) Early Childhood Education Guide
Evaluate Early Childhood Environmental Education (ECEE) activities and identify learning standards that are addressed
Evaluate early childhood activities and materials to determine if they meet ECE/ECEE guidelines and standards
