Competency Compile developmentally appropriate opportunities, methods, and tool

Competency
Compile developmentally appropriate opportunities, methods, and tools to support language development.
Student Success Criteria
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Scenario
As a lead educator at ABC Early Learning, you will create a curriculum web/map to brainstorm curriculum ideas and enhancements for your age group and setting. You will need to share your strategies and ideas with your team of educators to help inform their practice.
Instructions
In a Word document, create a curriculum web/map in a SmartArt diagram to indicate where and how students will be exposed to language in your age group for your program. Include:
The word “LANGUAGE” in the center of the web/map.
At least five (5) curriculum activity areas for your age group and facility (i.e., blocks, art, science, manipulatives, dramatic play, library, outdoors, sensory, etc.)
A category for family engagement and communication
On a second page in the same document, write an explanation that includes the following for EACH ACTIVITY AREA in the map:
At least three (3) developmentally appropriate strategies or ideas that detail what you can include to enhance or encourage expressive and receptive language development specific to your age group (Example: using language strategies, conversation, and open-ended questions in conjunction with visuals, books, audio, and play-based activities/materials)
Rationale for your choice of strategies
Submission Requirements
Include an appropriate title on your document. Using professional language and proofread your work for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Resources
For assistance with creating a web/map using SmartArt in Word, visit Rasmussen College’s FAQ Curriculum Mapping/Webbing.