This assignment links the theory of Literacy in the Early Years to practice. You will be able to work collaboratively with families and early childhood professionals to plan and implement experiences that include a literacy focus and reflect on your learning as you put theory into practice. This assignment will enable you to draw upon all unit learning outcomes, with a particular focus on outcomes 6, 7 8 and 9.
In order to complete this assignment you need to:
1. . We highly recommend that you select this child on your first visit to provide enough time to gather information to complete the assignment. (Note: if you are NOT doing a PE Placement this semester you MUST find your own focus child. Please confirm this with Tutor by Week3 tutorial)
2. Obtain consent from the child’s parent/carer (with approval from your centre). The consent form will be available in the Assessment Folder on vUWS.
3. Investigate the centre’s communication strategies and decide on the strategies you will use to develop your relationship and obtain information from the family.
4. Develop a series of interview and or survey questions to gather information about the child’s family and community context. Bring your draft questions to the week 3 tutorial for discussion and feedback and show to the Director and obtain signed approval by the Director before implementing.
5. Collect information from the family about the child’s experiences and interests and the family’s hopes and aspirations. This may require a number of different strategies – think about what is most appropriate for the particular family.
6. Undertake 5-8 observations, and document and analyse these in order to find out about the child’s interests, dispositions, learning processes, strengths and emerging development in language and literacy. It is recommended you use a range of observation methods. Use the observation template provided on vUWS. Each observation, including analysis is to be no more than 2 A4 pages single sided (or 1 page double sided)
7. Collate the information collected from the family and your observations into a 600word