Module 2_2
Module 2_2
Massachusetts Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers
Language Development
1. Complete Pretest
2. Read pages 31-43 and 102-118 of ELG for Infants and Toddlers
3. Review the narrated presentation. Click here for Printable PDF of presentation handout view.
4. Complete Child Observation
5. Complete Learning Activity Plan
6. Complete Language and Culture Questionnaire
7. Choose one reading from the following:
- Let me tell you what I want: use of gestures and signs
- Building Babies’ Brain: learning Language
- Stories: their powerful role in early language and literacy
- One language, two languages, three languages, more
- Bilingual Infants and Toddler Environments: Supporting Language and Learning for our Young Children
- The early catastrophe: 30 million word gap by age three
8. Review one of the following websites:
- Language development domain
- Child development. Resources in English and Spanish, by age and domain.
- One language, two languages, three languages . . . More? Young Children.
- Bilingual infant and toddler environments. The Center for Early Care and Education.
- Tips and tools for brain development.
9. Link to parent brochure: Talk to me!
10. Practice with Vocabulary at Study Stack
11. Complete the Open Step at a Time goal sheet for Module 2
12. Complete Post Test
Feedback to Google docs to print pre/post scores
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