ACC-01 Solved Assignment 2018-19 Organising Child Care Services

ORGANISING CHILD CARE SERVICES (ACC-1)
Assignment 1
(Tutor MarkedAssignment)

Course Code: ACC-1
Assignment Code: ACC-1/Assignt-1/TMA-1/2018-19
For July 2018 admission: Last Date of Submission: 15th September 2018
For January 2019 admission: Last Date of Submission: 15th March 2019
Total Marks: 100

Answer all questions

SECTION A

1. State whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements, giving reasons for the same:

a. One’s gender influences the experiences one has in one’s childhood.
b. Aggression in children is often a learnt behavior.
c. Children of upper socio-economic class have better play experience than children belonging to lower socio-economic class.
d. Stimulation is important only for cognitive development.

2. Describe one play activity each that you will carry out with 3 1/2 year olds:

a. To enhance their vocabulary
b. To develop fine motor coordination
c. To help them understand one—to-one correspondence
d. To foster creativity
e. To strengthen the concept of time
For each activity, mention its content and materia1(s) required, if any.

3. Discuss:

a. Why it is important to involve the family and the community in the activities of the pre-school centre?
b. The ways and methods of involving the family and the community in the activities of the pre-school centre.

4. Explain the following terms:

a. Egocentrism
b. Attachment bond
c. Critical periods
d. Separation Anxiety

5. Explain how each of the following activities supports development in more than one domains:

a. Storytelling
b. Making items with wooden blocks of different sizes
c. Outdoor games
d. Role play
e. Playing in the sand

6. A well-rounded personality is essential for proper care giving. Discuss this statement in relation to the ‘attitudes of the caregiver’.

7. As an early childhood educator, what are the aspects that you would keep in mind while planning play activities for the preschool children in your centre?

SECTION B

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-l 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

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-l. Choose any one of the exercises and submit it to the counselor for evaluation.

It would be useful for you if you were to do all the three exercises. This would give you practice in planning and organizing play activities. 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 5 Total marks: 20

Break—up of marks:
Playing with the infant with the toy that has been made, and recording the observations 10
Evaluating the play activity and writing the conclusions 10

Exercise 8 Total marks: 20

Break—up of marks :
Planning the two activities 2 5 + 5
Carrying out the two activities and analysing and evaluating them: 5 + 5

Exercise 9 Total marks: 20

Break—up of marks :
Describing the festival 2
Suggesting re-organization of the room 6
Scheduling activities overaweek 6
Briefdescription of scheduled activities 6