Early childhood monitor

This course must be based on prior knowledge. You must first complete the Babysitting course.

• The difference between the concepts of pedagogy, education and didactics
• The different pedagogical lines, such as Piaget, Montessori, Vygotsky, Waldorf
• Sensory learning methods
• How children learn languages, numbers, sciences
• The difference between caring, playing and educating
• The organization of the routine in activity rooms
• The importance of music for affective, cognitive and social development
• Preparing activities with stories and fables
• Playful games such as "Hidden Object" or "Running with Bandaged Feet" and carrying out activities presenting their educational content

The main topics of the Monitor course are:

Unit 1 - Child education, the child and his development

• Introduction
• Assistance to children
• National reference framework for early childhood education and legislation
• The child education monitor
• The child, the family and the school
• The characteristics of children from 0 to 3 years old
• The characteristics of children from 4 to 6 years old

Unit 2 - Areas of work and programs of early childhood education

• The curriculum in early childhood education
• The body and movement
• Music
• Visual arts
• Oral and written language
• Nature and society
• Mathematics

Unit 3 - Routine organization and project pedagogy

• Organization of typical days
• Project pedagogy
• Pedagogical lines

Unit 4 - Teaching practices

• Dynamics for early childhood education
• Learning methods
• Modalities and examples of texts for children
• Values education

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