3.02 ECE 2
DAP CURRICULA
ACTIVITIES AND
ACCOMMODATING MULTIPLE
INTELLIGENCES
By: Katy Power
and
Brynda Baker
10/3/12
Fuquay-Varina High School
Early Childhood Education 2
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is developmentally appropriate
practice? What factors should be considered when
planning developmentally appropriate curricula?
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES TO PLAN ACTIVITIES
Age span of the children The rates of growth of individual
intelligences Different learning styles of individual
children Social and cultural background of the
children
STRATEGIES FOR DAP ACTIVITIES Brainstorm ideas Group similar ideas together Share ideas Develop a web diagram to show ideas
Example: http://australiancurriculumresourcesf-6.wikispaces.com/file/view/web_diagram.png/259916856/web_diagram.png
Organize your activity
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES Bodily kinesthetic- body movement Interpersonal- working with other people Naturalists- plants and animals, colors
and shapes Musical- singing, chanting, poetry Intrapersonal- understanding of self Linguistic- talking, listening, and writing Logical- Mathematical- numbers, math,
and science Spatial- art and design
INFANTSJellyfish Bottle Activity (naturalistic)
Gatorade Bottle Grocery Bag Air bubble (for the head) Water Food Coloring Scissors
Directions:1) Fill the bottle with water and
color it with the dye2) Cut the grocery bag into a
rectangle3) Create a head and blow a little
air (tie it tight)4) Cut the rest of the bag to create
little tentacles5) Put the jellyfish into the bottle,
flip bottom upside down and right side up (repeat)
Idea by: Victoria Maidon ECEd 2FVHS Intern
1 YEAR – 2 YEARSMother’s Day Activity (spatial and
linguistic) Paint Paper Marker
Directions:1) Paint the child’s hand, put on
paper to make a hand print2) Paint child’s foot, put on paper
to make a SEPARATE footprint3) Write above “I love you from
my fingers to my toes!”4) Let dry and let them take it
home
Activity Done By: Heather Smith ECEd 2 FVHS Intern
2 YEARS- 3 YEARSCounting Goldfish (logical-mathematical)
Goldfish color crackers Napkin
Directions1. Give them each 5-10 gold fish 2. Have them count aloud how many
goldfish they have, and the colors3. Let them enjoy their gold fish
3 YEARS- 4 YEARS OLD
Singing in the Rain (body-kinesthetic and musical)
Silly Songs- “Repeat After Me” ActivityDirections
1. Tell them to repeat these words“I’m singing in the rain just singing in the rain what a glorious feeling…Ah… chity bop chity bop chity bop WOO chity bop chity bop chity bop WOO (then movement instructions one at a time)”
2. 1st- thumbs up 2nd- elbows back 3rd- knees together 4th- toes together 5th- butt out 6th- head back 7th- in a circle
SCHOOL AGE The Story Game (Intrapersonal/Interpersonal)
Teacher’s Directions
1) Have the children make a straight line
2) Explain the instructions
3) Teacher write the story down and read it to them
Rules:
Take turns! And go down the line having everyone add one word to the story.
Example: Sarah- once Steve- Named
Steve- upon Julie- Phil
Julie- a James- and
James- time Sarah- He
Sarah- there Steve- Liked
Steve- was Julie- Rainbows
Julie- a James- The
James- Teddy Sarah- End
Sarah- Bear