Early Childhood Curriculum II: Literacy, Math, Social Studies, Science

Adult learners will learn about the different aspects of writing: penmanship, spelling development, functions of words (grammar), and writer’s workshop model as a form of freedom for creative self-expression. Adult learners will learn about the different aspects of reading, such as: the science of reading, using a critical literacy lens approach in children’s literature, and supporting English Language Learners. Adult learners will also learn about the scope and sequence of materials and lessons for skill development, materials, and lessons in developing number sense through counting and cardinality, operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations in base ten, measurement and data, geometry, whole and fractional numbers, time, and money. Adult learners will learn about the passage of time and historical thinking. Adult learners will learn about physical, and cultural geography, anti-bias education and Ethnic studies. Adult learners will learn about materials and lessons in biology (botany and zoology), and the four disciplinary core ideas of science (physical sciences, life sciences, earth and space sciences, and engineering, technology, and applications of science).