Please do the following for next week, November 2nd. (How can it be November already?!)
Read
Read chapter 6 (pages 110-122) of Understand Child Development.
Answer Questions
Think about and answer the following questions on a piece of paper and bring it to class.
- What do you remember about being 6-12 years old?
- What challenges do you remember?
- What were the best parts?
- What do you remember about learning to read? Learning multiplication tables?
- What do you remember about developing athletic, artistic, or other skills?
- What chores did you do? How do they compare with what you do now?
- What do you remember about friendships?
Watch Videos
Watch these two videos about Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory.
Looking ahead…
Next week you will be assigned to observe 2-4 children, ages 6-12, playing a game. This assignment will be due November 9th, so if you haven’t already found children, please do so now.