Required Resources

Learning Resources

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Required Resources

Course Text: Marion, M. (2015). Guidance of young children (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

• • Chapter 3, “Understanding Child Development” (pp. 71-84)
  • Chapter 4, “Supportive Physical Environments: Indirect Guidance” (pp. 79-110)
  • Chapter 10,”Aggression and Bullying in Young Children” (pp. 266-288)

Media

• Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (n.d.). Developing a positive classroom climate [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

  Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 24 minutes.

  Week 3, creating positive environments and the ways adults and environments can promote healthy social-emotional development and positive behavior for preschool-age children.

Optional Resources

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• Paper Excerpt: “Child Care Social Climate”
  http://fpg.unc.edu/sites/default/files/resources/reports-and-policy-briefs/NCEDL_Spotlights14_1999.pdf
  Note: To open this document you will need the free Adobe® Reader® software.
• Article: “What are Prosocial Skills?” by Kelly Pfeiffer
  http://suite101.com/article/what-are-prosocial-skills-a133626Learning Resources

  This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of the assigned resources for this week. To view this week’s media resources, please use the streaming media player below.

  Required Resources

  • Course Text: Marion, M. (2015). Guidance of young children (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
    • Chapter 3, “Understanding Child Development” (pp. 71-84)
    • Chapter 4, “Supportive Physical Environments: Indirect Guidance” (pp. 79-110)
    • Chapter 10,”Aggression and Bullying in Young Children” (pp. 266-288)

  Media

  • Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (n.d.). Developing a positive classroom climate [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

    Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 24 minutes.

    Week 3, creating positive environments and the ways adults and environments can promote healthy social-emotional development and positive behavior for preschool-age children.

  Optional Resources

  • Article: “Improving Preschool Classroom Processes: Preliminary Findings from a Randomized Trial Implemented in Head Start Settings”
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2274905/
  • Paper Excerpt: “Child Care Social Climate”
    http://fpg.unc.edu/sites/default/files/resources/reports-and-policy-briefs/NCEDL_Spotlights14_1999.pdf
    
    Note: To open this document you will need the free Adobe® Reader® software.
  • Article: “What are Prosocial Skills?” by Kelly Pfeiffer
    http://suite101.com/article/what-are-prosocial-skills-a133626
• Article: “Improving Preschool Classroom Processes: Preliminary Findings from a Randomized Trial Implemented in Head Start Settings”
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2274905