Course Calendar

All of your assignments are available in Canvas but here is another tool to help you see what is due when.  Please let me know if you're having trouble meeting a due date and we can make a plan for how to get your work done.  You can print this page and use it as a checklist. Success Tip: Be sure  to put your due dates in your calendar so you don't lose track of them! 

Week 1: 8/26-9/1 Introduction to the course and each other!

Introduction discussion: Post by Weds 8/28 and comments by Sun 9/1

Learning opportunity: Brain-Targeted Learner's Toolkit Intro & Brain Basics

Week 2: 9/2-9/8 Prenatal development and birth

Read:

1.  Introduction and the Early Months in CA Infant/Toddler Foundations

2.   Additional reading in Canvas weekly materials

Week 2 Discussion: Post due Weds 9/4 and comments by Sun 9/8

Learning opportunity: Brain-Target 1 Emotional Climate

Week 3: 9/9-9/15 Brain development

Read: 

1.  Chapter 4 in Infant and Toddler Learning and Development

2.  Additional reading in Canvas weekly materials

Week 3 Discussion: Post due Weds 9/11 comments by Sun 9/15

Learning opportunities:

1.  Message to family due 9/15

2.  Brain-Target 2 Physical Environment

Week 4: 9/16-9/22 Social, emotional, and language development

Read: 

1.  Pages 7-57 in Infant Toddler Foundations (use page numbers in the pdf document)

2.  Chapters 11, 15 & 16 in Infant and Toddler Learning and Development

3.  Additional reading in Canvas weekly materials

Week 4 Discussion: Post due Weds 9/18 comments by Sun 9/22

Learning opportunities:

1.  Infant/toddler observation 9/22

2.  Brain-Target 3 Making the Most of the Learning Environment

Week 5: 9/23-9/29 Cognitive development 

Read: 

1.  Chapters 8 & 9 in Infant and Toddler Learning and Development

2.  Pages 59-86 in Infant/Toddler Foundations 

3.  Additional reading in Canvas weekly materials

Week 5 Discussion: Post due Weds 9/25 comments by Sun 929

Learning opportunities:

1.  Research proposal 10/1

2.  Brain-Target 4 Learning for Mastery

Week 6: 9/30-10/6 Motor, sensory, and perceptual development 

Read: 

1.  Chapter 6 & 7 in Infant and Toddler Learning and Development

2.  Pages 89-102 in Infant/Toddler Foundations 

3.  Additional reading in Canvas weekly materials

Week 6 Discussion: Post due Weds 10/2 comments by Sun 10/6

Learning opportunities:

1.  Research draft 10/6

2.  Brain-Target 5 Learning for Extension

Week 7: 10/7-10/13 Cultural and family contexts for development

Read:

1.  Chapter 20 in Infant and Toddler Learning and Development

2.  Additional reading in Canvas weekly materials

Week 7 Discussion: Post due Weds 10/9 comments by Sun 10/13

Learning opportunities:

1.  Research final 10/13

2.  Brain-Target 6 Evaluating Learning. All Brain-Targeted Toolkit activities due 10/13

3.  All late work and extra credit due 10/13

Week 8: 10/14-10/18 Course wrap up

Week 8 Discussion: Post due Tues 10/15 comments by Thurs 10/17

Learning opportunity: Self-assessment due 10/17