ACC-01 Solved Assignment 2019-20 | Organizing Child Care Services

Description

Course Code :	ACC-01
Course Title :	Organizing Child Care Services
Medium :	English
Program :	BDP
Max Marks :	100
Weightage :	30%
Session :	July 2019 and January 2020 (2019-20)
Last Date of Submission :	31st March, 2020 (for July 2019 session) 30th September, 2020 (for January 2020 session)
Solution Type :	Softcopy (PDF File)

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Organising Child Care Services (ACC-01)
Assignment 1
(Tutor Marked Assignment)

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: 30thOctober, 2020
Total Marks: 100

Answer all questions

SECTION-A

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 story narration is possible only when the teacher uses aids for story telling like puppets or masks or flash cards.
iii) Infants begin to show the ability to 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.

2. Explain in detail the importance of providing preschool education to children in the age group 3 to 6 years.

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?

4. Describe one play activity each that you will carry out to promote the development of the following:
a) Ability to classify in 5 year olds
b) Listening skills of 3 year olds
c) Altruism and empathy in 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.

5. What points you would keep in mind when organizing the indoor space in a childcare centre?

6.Discuss the attitudes and qualities which are necessary for working as an early childhood educator?

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-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 inobserving children, recording your observations and interpreting them. You can then choose the exercisewhich 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 playactivities 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 exercisesand 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 planningand organizing play activities. You can then choose the exercise which you feel you have done the best andsubmit 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 : (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 over a week (6)
Brief description of scheduled activities (6)