ORGANISINGCHILD CARE SERVICES (ACC-1)

Assignment 1

(Tutor MarkedAssignment)

Course Code: ACC-1

Assignment Code: ACC-1/Assignt-1/TMA-1/2019-20

For July 2019 admission: Last Date of Submission: 30th March, 2020

For January 2020 admission: Last Date of Submission: 30th October, 2020

Total Marks: 100

SECTION A 60 Marks

Answer all questions.

1. State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for the same.

i) Since young children cannot draw, the preschool teacher should ask them to copy a drawing she has made on the blackboard.

ii) Effective storynarration is possible onlywhen the teacher uses aids for storytelling like puppets or masks or flash cards.

iii) Infants begin to show the abilityto experiment by 18 months of age.

iv) Preschool children cannot conserve.

v) The chief purpose of assessing children's learning and progress is to

     identify children who are intelligent and those who are weak. (3 x 5 = 15 marks)

2. Explain in detail the importance ofproviding preschool education to children in the age group 3 to 6 years. (5 marks)

3. Describe five behaviors of a one year old child which give evidence of the child's thinking abilities.

Discuss how caregivers can promote cognitive development of children during the first two years of life? (5 + 5)

4. Describe one play activity each that you will carry out to promote the development of the following:

a) Abilityto classifyin 5 year olds

b) Listening skills of 3 year olds

c) Altruism and empathyin 4 year olds

d) Eye-hand coordination of 2 year olds

e) Imagination of 5 year olds For each activity, mention its content and material(s) required, if any. (3 x 5 = 15 marks)

5. What points you would keep in mind when organizing the indoor space in a child care centre? (5 marks)

6. Discuss the attitudes and qualities which are necessary for working as an early childhood educator? (10 marks) 5

SECTION B 20 Marks

In this Section you are expected to do any one of the practical exercises related to observing children.

Choose any exercise out of exercises 4, 6 and 7 described in the Practical Manual of this course i.e., ACC-1 and submit it to the counsellor for evaluation. It would be useful for you if you were to do all the three exercises. This would give you practice in observing children, recording your observations and interpreting them.You can then choose the exercise which you feel you have done the best and submit it for evaluation. The marking instructions for the exercises are as follows : Exercise 4 Total marks: 20 Break-up of marks : Observing the child and the parents and recording the observations 10 Analysis of observations and conclusions 10 Exercise 6 Total marks: 20 Break-up of marks : Observing the child and recording the observations 10 Analysis of observations and conclusions 10 Exercise 7 Total marks: 20 Break-up of marks : Carrying out activities related to matching and conservation and recording observations 5 + 5 Analysis of observations and conclusions related to matching and conservation 5 + 5 SECTION C 20 Marks In this Section you are expected to do any one of the practical exercises related to planning play activities for children and conducting them. These are Practical Exercise numbers 5, 8 and 9, described in the Practical Manual of this course i.e, ACC-1. Choose any one of the exercises and submit it to the counselor for evaluation. It would be useful for you if you were to doall the three exercises. This would give you practice in planning and organizing playactivities.You can then choose the exercise which you feel you have done the best and submit itforevaluation. The markinginstructions for the exercises are as follows: Exercise 5 Total marks: 20 Break-up of marks: Playing with the infant with the toythat has been made, and recording the observations 10 Evaluatingtheplayactivityand writingthe conclusions 10 Exercise 8 Total marks: 20 Break-up of marks : Planningthetwo activities : 5 + 5 Carrying out the two activities and analysing and evaluating them: 5 + 5 Exercise 9 Total marks: 20 Break-up of marks : Describingthe festival 2 Suggesting re-organization of the room 6 Scheduling activities over a week 6 Brief description of scheduled activities 6