NERDC National Early Childhood Education Curriculum for Affective and Psychosocial Development Ages 0-3 years
Week 1
Topic: Social/ Moral development
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
- Encourage interaction between child and other people.
- Respond to the child’s social behaviors like crying, smiling, cooing, waving.
- Provide a stimulating peaceful social environment
- Reinforce positive behavior by smiling, nodding, clapping and shaking the hand of child.
- Encourage child to be obedient respectful and honest
- Stimulate the attitude of sharing, helping, and cooperation in children.
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to By 24 months
- Interact with people, including, family members, caregiver and peers.
- Recognize self as male or female
- freely express self by 36 months
- Listen to others
- Tell stories, and take turns
- Obey instructions and show simple Courtesy.
Content:
1 Communication skills:
e.g. (listening) talking singing, asking question and telling stories.
2. Interaction with peers, family members and others in the community.
- Individual- differences
- Rights of the child to associate self freely.
- Simple greetings, respect, appreciation and courtesy.
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
- Encourage interactions between child, care- giver, parents and others.
- Allow the child to talk and ask question
- Be warm, friendly, caring and responsive to the child’s needs
- Develop and show attached to the child.
- Monitor the child while interacting with people and things in the environment.
- Allow the child initiate activities
- Sing and dance for the children.
- Teach songs that portray honesty and transparency.
- Tell folktales that promote honest living.
Activities – Child:
- Listen to others
- Talk and ask questions
- Sing songs and dance to music
- Play with pears and others in the community
- Participate in group and family activities.
- Tell and listen to stories, poems and rhymes.
- Report any lost and found materials to care- giver.
- Report wrong doings to caregiver.
Caring/Learning Materials:
- Toys
- Picture books
- Musical instruments
- Games
- Story Books
- Radio
- Television
- Poetry book
- Song/Rhymes
- Books
- Films
- Calendars
- Charts /posters
- Video
- Religious books
Evaluation Guide:
Child
- Show signs of confidence, security and friendliness.
- Show acceptable behavior
Parent/Caregiver
- Warm, friendly, caring and responsive to the child’s needs.
- Child’s activities supervised
- Stimulating peaceful and social environment maintained.
- Leadership role Exhibited.
National Early Childhood Education Curriculum for Affective and Psychosocial Development Ages 0-3 years
Week 2
Topic: Emotional Development
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
- Strengthen healthy bonds between child and others:
- Encourage good relationship between child and others.
- Respect the basic rights of the child and individual difference.
- Discourage anti-social behavior
- Respond to child’s emotional cues and gestures
- Provide quality and consistent care.
- Display stable emotional disposition.
- Provide conducive environment for emotional development.
- Resolve conflicts among children.
Performance Objectives – Child: Child should be able to:
- Develop positive Self-control.
- Show pride in personal belongings
- Show respect for other people belongings.
Exhibit self-control and confidence.
Content:
- Emotional needs of the child.
- Quality care.
- Forming bonds
- Basic rights of the child
- Individual differences
Conflict resolution
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
1. Positive response to the child’s need, e.g. carrying, cuddling, tickling and hugging
- Respond appropriately to child’s anti – social Behaviors.
3. Pay attention and respond to child’s emotional disposition: e.g. joy, love, fear, anxiety, etc.
4. Create opportunities for self-activities.
5. Reinforce positive behavior (e.g. praise child).
Activities – Child:
- Show friendly behavior towards others.
- Imitate positive emotional response of others (e.g. laughing)
3. Identify and take care of belongings.
4. Assist in simple Chores
Caring/Learning Materials:
- Soft toys
- Dolls
- Drawing paper
- Soft balls
- Games
- Mirror
- Mobile toys
- Pictures of emotional expressions
- Songs/ Stories books
• Home corner
• Nature corner
• Picture book
• Musical instrument
• Poetry books
• Clay/Plaster-cine
Evaluation Guide:
Child
- Show joy at the sight/ presence of the parents or caregivers.
- Smile and respond to cuddling and affection of caregiver and parent.
- Generally happy, friendly and contented child.
4. Accept and give compliments
5. Appreciate belongings
6. Recognize other people’s emotional state.
Caregiver
1. Relaxed, warm, affectionate and responsive towards the child.
2. Emotionally stable.
3. Improved handling of child.
4. Ability to cope with emotional needs of the child.
NERDC National Early Childhood Education Curriculum for Affective and Psychosocial Development Ages 0-3 years
Week 3
Topic: Awareness of self
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
1. Guide the child properly to be aware of his/her sex.
2. Help the child develop his/her potentials. Initiate plays
3. Activities that will promote Personality development.
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to:
1. Identify self as boy or girl.
Gender.
2. Sort Out clothing’s meant for girls and boys.
3. Dress properly
Content:
1. Gender fairness
2. Parts of the body
3. Correct dressing.
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
1. Avoid gender stereo typing.
2. Teach differences in dressing for boys and girls.
3. Teach songs that relate to part of the body.
Activities – Child:
- Identify self as boy or girl.
Help and care for each other when in need.
Caring/Learning Materials:
- Boys and girls clothing,
- Home corners
- Play equipment Toys
Evaluation Guide:
Child
1. Awareness of self as boy or girl.
2. Friendship among selves
Caregiver
Ability to create friendly atmosphere for self-awareness.
NERDC National Early Childhood Education Curriculum for Affective and Psychosocial Development Ages 0-3 years
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