ELG 3-5
Lessons
ELG 3-5 Introduction (L1)
ELG 3-5 Pre-Test
Session Objectives (L2)
How ELG 3-5 Came About and Why (L3)
Getting to Know Your ELG 3-5 Book (L4)
Guiding Principles (L5)
Elements of a Quality Early Childhood Program (L6)
Responsiveness to Individual Children (L7)
Activity
Looking at Content Areas and Standards (L8)
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ELG 3-5 Scavenger Hunt (L9)
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You and the Materials Make ELG 3-5 Come to Life (L10)
Now that you are a bit more familiar with the ELG content areas and standards, it is time for you to put this information into practice. Look at the picture…
Introduce Concept Area 1 (L11)
Session Objectives (L12)
Learning Styles (L13)
Unlock your Learning Potential (L14)
Take this fun, simple test to find out about your preferred learning style. Researchers have found left/right brain differences and learning personality differences suggest that each person has a way…
Thinking About Temperament (L15)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) (L16)
How ELGs Incorporate Different Approaches to Learning (L17)
Positive Approaches (L18)
Activity: Creative Card Games (L19)
The ELG 3-5 incorporates positive approaches to learning by including them in curriculum in thefollowing ways:● Provide opportunities that elicit these skills● Challenge children with moderately difficult tasks● Directly teach…
Activity: Using Reflective Statements to Teach (L20)
The first two strategies to promote positive approaches to learning worked to create opportunities that elicited the desired approaches to learning. The third strategy involves the practitioner’s set of behaviors…
Choosing a Theme (L21)
Here are the benefits and concerns in planning a lesson around a theme: Benefits Provides an array of activities around an idea Offers a variety of ways to explore a…
Final Thoughts (L22)
Creative Skills (L23)
Session Objectives (L24)
Benefits in Promoting Creative Skills (L25)
The Little Boy (L26)
Activity
Free-Flowing Creative Arts (L27)
ELG Standard One for Creative Skills (L28)
Activity: Teaching Strategy Review (L29)
In this activity, you will be reviewing the strategies and activities from the Early Learning Guidelines that teachers can do to support preschool children in creative skills. As you read…
Fostering Creativity in Young Children (L30)
Ways to Strengthen a Child’s Creativity (L31)
Creativity Busters (L32)
Encouragement vs. Praise (L33)
Activity
Importance of Being a Role Model (L34)
Lesson Planning (L35)
Final Thoughts (L36)
Are there any issues that might prevent you from supporting creative expression skills through music, art, dramatic play, movement, sensory and exploration? We know the best way to foster creativity…
Language Arts Introduction (L37)
Session Objectives (L38)
Literacy is . . . (L39)
Much attention has been focused, in recent years, on literacy by our legislatures, media, and educational systems. Research has shown a link between early literacy and communication skills with later…
Why We Need Literacy-Rich Classrooms (L40)
Literacy Assessment (L41)
Let’s look at commonly asked questions when creating a literacy-rich classroom. These questions and many more will be answered throughout this section of the training. But first, you will need…
Standard One (Listening) and Standard Two (Speaking) L42
Standard Three (Print Awareness) L43
Standard Four (Phonological Awareness) and Standard Five (Phonemic Awareness) L44
Rhyme Time (L45)
Standard Six (Letter Knowledge and Early Word Recognition) L46
Standard Seven (Vocabulary) and Standard Eight (Comprehension) L47
Standard Nine (Writing Process) L48
Integrating “Literacy in Action” Throughout Classroom (L49)
Preschool classrooms can be literacy-rich and meet all nine standards in Language Arts by integrating literacy materials and activities into the classroom environment, such as in interest centers and classroom…
Lesson Planning (L50)
Final Thoughts (L51)
The environment plays a big part in laying the foundation and supporting young children in developing communication and early literacy skills. Children need to be given access to books and…
Mathematics Introduction (L52)
Session Objectives (L53)
Standard One (L54)
Zebra Stripes (L55)
Teachers can use books that incorporate Math concepts to support children learning Mathematic Standards. In the book, Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes by Stephen R. Swinburne, children can look…
Teaching Patterning Skills (L56)
Standard Two (L57)
Supporting Children in Mastery of Standard Two (L58)
Activity
Standard Three (L59)
Standard Four (L60)
Measuring Penny (L61)
Activity
Standard Five (L62)
Helping Children Learn Math Through “Mathematizing” (L63)
Activity
Planning for Mathematics (L64)
Develop a list of appropriate Math activities for preschoolers in each of the five Mathematical concepts. Be sure to list the materials needed to do the activities and the ELG…
Lesson Planning (L65)
Final Thoughts (L66)
Health, Safety and Physical Development Introduction (L6)
Session Objectives (L68)
Freeze Dance (L69)
Standard One (L70)
Locomotor Movements (L71)
Non-Locomotor Movements (L72)
Gross Motor Equipment (L73)
Children develop coordination and balance—as well as other large motor skills—through a variety of activities. The authors of All About the ECERS-3 states, “there should be seven to nine different…
Standard Two (L74)
Fine Motor Materials (L75)
Standard Three (L76)
Promoting Health & Fitness with Preschoolers (L77)
Quiz (L78)
Lesson Planning (L79)
Final Thoughts (L80)
Science Introduction (L81)
Session Objectives (L82)
Animal Quiz (L83)
This humorous activity will show that people often think too hard when it comes to Science; sometimes the answers are easier or more obvious than we realize. For this activity,…
General Types of Science (L84)
Standard One (L85)
Exploring Science Processes & Inquiry (L86)
Balance Scale (L87)
Standard Two (L88)
Exploring Physical Science (L89)
Activity When children investigate items that could sink or float, they are participating in an activity that supports ELG Standard Two. This activity would also support Standard One—using water in…
Standard Three (L90)
Exploring Biological Science (91)
Science can be integrated into all the other learning domains. Not only will Science experiences build scientific knowledge but also help ignite a passion for learning in children. In the…
Standard Four (L92)
Activities to Support Standard Four (L93)
Science Activities that Support ELG Science Standards (L94)
Lesson Planning (L95)
Final Thoughts (L96)
Social and Personal Skills Introduction (L97)
Session Objectives (L98)
Pig Personality Test (L99)
The activity you are about to participate in will help you to analyze yourself and examine your personality by the way you draw a pig—which direction the pig is facing,…
Standard One (L100)
Agree or Disagree (L101)
It has been said that of the eight concept areas, this standard is the most complex. Do you agree or disagree? Why do you feel that way? What type of…
Supporting Social Skill Development (L102)
Cortisol’s Effect on the Brain (L103)
Self-Regulation Center (L105)
Standard Two (L106)
Activities to Support Social and Personal Skills (L107)
Lesson Planning (L108)
Final Thoughts (L109)
Activity
Social Studies Introduction (L110)
Session Objectives (L111)
Standard One (L112)
Standard Two (L114)
Standard Three and Standard Four (L115)
Reflection on Dramatic Play (L116)
Enhancing Dramatic Play (L117)
Name That Standard (L118)
Match the standards with the scenarios provided.
Lesson Planning (L119)
Final Thoughts (L120)
What is in Your Lesson Plan? (L121)
We have now covered all the concept areas, or learning domains, in the Early Learning Guidelines for Children Ages Three to Five. You should have completed lesson planning forms for…
Wrapping Up & Post-Test (L122)
This concludes the informational portion of the course. Please complete the following post-test and then continue to the Oklahoma Registry information survey on the next lesson.
Oklahoma DHS Registry Information for ELG 3-5
This is the final lesson of this course. Follow these steps to complete this course and receive your certificate: Make sure that you have completed all of the lessons in this…