ECHD 420: Instructional Strategies For All Young Children With A Focus On Creative Arts

Integrate understandings of academic disciplines; of relationships with children and families; and of developmentally effective approaches to teaching and learning to design, implement, and evaluate experiences that promote positive development and learning for all children. Explore the central role of play in the education of young children, the multiple intelligences of children and the use of the creative arts to assist learning. Prepracticum experiences will show the central role of play in young children's learning and also will a wide range of settings.