Discussion: Family informational night

Select an age/grade, birth to Grade 3, and research 10 important early childhood milestones for that age/grade level. Create a 10-15 slide digital presentation that could be used to inform families during a family informational night.

Include the following in your presentation:

Two milestones for each of the following areas researched: Cognitive, linguistic, emotional, physical, and/or social.

A description of the milestones researched and the typical age range in which they usually occur.

A description of the warning signs a family member or professional should look for in deciding if there might be a developmental delay that could require further assistance or consultation with a doctor/specialist.

At least 3-5 technology resources for families that informs them of important developmental milestones and strategies to help their children meet these milestones. Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.