ECCD training for Early childhood majors, day care center teachers, preschool teachers and kindergarten teachers. Leave a comment or just say, "Thank You". it motivates me. :-)

1. Presented by:
Ronald M. Quileste, MAEd
Assistant Instructor V
School of Education
Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan
City of Cagayan de Oro
Designing the
Early Years Curriculum

2. Topic Outline
Definition ofTerms
Elements of A Good Curriculum
Kinds of Preschool Curriculum
K-12 DepEd Preschool Curriculum
Objectives-Learning Activities-Evaluation
connections
Curriculum Designing
Workshop

3. QUESTION #1
WHAT ARE SOME
TERMINOLOGIES USED
IN CURRICULUM
DESIGING?

4. Definition of Terms
 Curriculum - the subjects comprising a course of study in a
school or college.
 Goals – an aim or desired result.
 Objectives – a desired result after a given instruction.
 Learning Activities - Activities that enable the student(s),
through observation or participation, to achieve the learning
objectives. Examples include lecture, discussion, films, skills
demonstrations and practices, role-plays, small group activities,
reading and writing assignments.

5. Definition of Terms
Learning Standards - are elements of declarative,
procedural, schematic, and strategic knowledge that, as a
body, define the specific content of an educational
program.
Lesson Plan - is a teacher's detailed description of the
course of instruction for one class.A daily lesson plan is
developed by a teacher to guide class instruction.
Assessment - the evaluation or estimation of the nature,
quality, or ability of someone or something.

6. QUESTION #2
WHAT ARE SOME
PRESCHOOL
CURRICULUMS USED
WORLDWIDE?

7. Kinds of Preschool Curriculum
Montessori
Parents asTeachers
Project Approach
High Scope
Leap Frog Curriculum
Bank Street
HOSO Math/Science
HIPPY Program

8. Kinds of Preschool Curriculum
Reggio Emilia
Anti-Bias Curriculum
Waldorf
Open Court Reading Program
ConstructivistTeaching
Sesame Street Curriculum

9. Kinds of Preschool Curriculum
Protect Zer0 (Multiple Intelligences)
Arts-Based Curriculum
Path-Social Emotional Curriculum
High-Reach Learning Program
Creative Curriculum

10. QUESTION #3
WHAT ARETHE
ELEMENTS OF A GOOD
CURRICULUM?

11. Elements of A Good Curriculum
Aim (Vision and Mission)
Goals and objectives
Audience and pre-requisites
Description of subject-matter
Instructional plan
Materials
Plans for assessment and evaluation

12. K-12 DepEd Preschool Curriculum

13. QUESTION #4
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE
CURRICULUM?

14. They are…
THE ADMINISTRATORS
THETEACHERS

15. QUESTION #5
WHAT ARE THE THEMES
AND DOMAINS IN THE
DEPED KINDERGARTEN
CURRICULUM?

16. FILIPINO
CHILD

19. QUESTION #6
WHAT IS A VISION AND
MISSION STATEMENT?

20. A VISION STATEMENT IS…
The schools’ idea or dream for
the learners of a certain
institution or a learning center.
Goal oriented and stated
generally.

21. A MISSION STATEMENT MEANS…
What is to be done and why:
Concise
Outcome-oriented
Inclusive

22. Examples of Vision Statements
"Healthy children"
"Healthy babies"
"Caring parents"
"A community of hope"
"Teen power"
"Caring relationships"

23. Examples of Mission Statements
Building a healthy community through a
comprehensive initiative to promote jobs,
education, and housing.
Promoting adolescent health and development
through school and community support and
prevention.

24. Workshop
Directions: (Group 1)Write your own
vision statement in no more than three
sentences and mission statement with
the same number of sentences. Use
clear action words.

25. Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)
Learning Standards
Social Skills
Motor Development
Language/Literacy
Representational Development
Mathematics
Scientific Processes
Personal Health and Safety

26. Workshop
Directions:
(Group 2) Given the learning
standards, write one (1) specific
learning goal.
(Groups 3 and 4) With the learning
goal, write three (3) learning
objectives.

27. Example
Learning Standard: Social Skills
Learning Goal: Develops Self Awareness…
Learning Objectives:
1. Demonstrate personal preferences…
2. Demonstrate knowledge of personal
information…
3. Demonstrate emotional well- being…

29. QUESTION #7
WHAT ARE LEARNING
ACTIVITIES?

30. Learning Activities
 These are meaningful classroom experiences that serves as
evidences of your learning objectives.
 These activities should tackle the whole child and should be
creative.
Example:
Learning Objective: Follows transitions in daily routines
Learning Activities:
1. Falling in line properly during arrival
2. Circle time
3. Cleaning the classroom

31. Workshop
Directions:
(Groups 5-7) Think and write creative
classroom activities for each of your
learning objectives. Write only the name
of the classroom activity.

32. In Summary reflect on this saying…
“It takes a whole
village to educate a
child.”

33. Thank you and
Namaste!

34. References
 Aguirre, Roderick Motril. (2014). Kindergarten Curriculum and Instruction. Department of
Reading and Literacy, College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, Philippine Normal
University, Philippines.
 http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/2000/curriculum/homeroommodules/curriculumTerms/elemen
ts.htm
 http://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore/syllabus_definition.htm