Describe the content of the Maryland Preschool Curriculum
Learn about the Maryland Preschool Curriculum, a state-approved curriculum designed to provide engaging and educational experiences for young children. Explore the different state-approved curriculums available for your child's early childhood education and find the best fit for their learning needs. Discover how the Maryland Preschool Curriculum supports child care centers in creating a nurturing and stimulating environment for children's development.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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Proficiency Level
120 hours courses
12 CEUsRelated Outcomes
- Able to describe the content of the Maryland Preschool Curriculum
- Identify information on State approved curriculums and the Maryland Preschool Curriculum
- Able to describe the content of the Maryland Model for School Readiness
- Able to describe the content of the State approved curriculums
- Describe a sample observation of teaching staff and children to determine curriculum effectiveness
- Demonstrate an understanding of content areas and how they are related to child development.
- Describe strategies to incorporate mathematics into teaching practices.
- Define active play in the early childhood classroom and describe its benefits for young children.
- Describe the importance of monitoring the family child care environment for potential risks.
- Describe infant/toddler nutritional needs
- Describe Piaget’s sensorimotor and preoperational stages of cognitive development.
- Describe the primary learning centers and their components.
- Define differentiated instruction in early childhood education and describe how it may look in the classroom.
- Identify the types of barriers children's with disabilities/special needs face and ways to adapt curriculum to fit those needs.
- Identify the components of a lesson plan for preschoolers.
- Describe how to use the Strengthening Families Self-Assessment for program improvement.
- Demonstrates understanding of an appropriate family child care curriculum
- Identify best practices in room arrangement for the preschool setting.
- Describe ways to analyze classrooms for an anti-bias approach.
- Give examples of appropriate sensory activities for preschool-age children.
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