Course Type	Course Code	No. Of Credits
Foundation Core	SVS1EC406	1

Semester and Year Offered: Winter Semester-4, Year-2019

Course Coordinator and Team: Fariha Siddiqui, Dr Sunita Singh and Sheetal Nagpal

Email of course coordinator: fariha@aud.ac.in

Pre-requisites: The course focuses on the job role of supervisor (Level-6) in an early childhood centre. The course is meant to be offered to those who have specific knowledge and skills related to Day care facilitator (Level-5) offered in 1st year and skills of supervisors offered in semester-3 of the programme

Objectives:

The specific objectives of the course are to help students:

Develop professional skills of successful entrepreneurs
Reflect on the personality of entrepreneurs
Plan inclusive learning environment for the diverse learners
Learn practical skills to engage diverse learners

Course Outcomes:

After completing the workshop, students will be able to:

Provide hands on experience to students for their development as entrepreneurs of early childhood centres
Create inclusive settings in a day care centre
Plan and conduct activities with children of diverse age groups and abilities.
Demonstrate skills to engage all children in afterschool program
Build positive relationships in children and staff at the centre

Brief description of modules/ Main modules:

3. Activities for children in after school programme

A day care centre/crèche may often have children of a range of ages (from infants to adolescents) and abilities and thus, make the task of a facilitator or supervisor challenging in planning, organizing and creating activities for children. In this workshop, the focus will be mainly on developing activities for older children.

Week	Topic	Objectives	Suggested readings
1-2	Design spaces for different age-groups	Design of indoor and outdoor space for small and large group activities	Ollhoff, L., Olhoff, J., & Newman, R. (2012).Keys to Quality: Afterschool Environments, Relationships, and Experiences: A Best Practices Guide. Harrisburg, PA: The Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality.
3-5	Equipments and resources	Use of equipment and materials for infants, toddlers and older children
6-8	Engaging children	Explore indoor and outdoor games Set-up innovative centres for older children
9-10	Routines and practices	Establish routines and practices for infants and toddlers Establish routines and practices for older children
11-12	Engaging families	Explore community resources

Sl.No.	Assessment Type	Weightage
1.	In class participation and attendance	20%
2.	Short in-class assessments	40%
3.	Term end Assessment	40%

Activities for Children in After School Programme (workshop)