Early Childhood Standards of Quality for ... - State of Michigan

ELE: Intellectual DevelopmentQuestions for Reflection1. In what ways is the curriculum integrated across the domains so thatchildren learn through active engagement in projects, learning centers,play, and other activities that deeply interest them? An example wouldbe a project about their neighborhood—by developing and representingtheir plans, discussing what they are doing, negotiating and cooperatingwith each other, classifying, comparing, measuring, counting, solvingproblems.2. How consistently do adults listen to children and ask about what theyare seeing and doing so that they will do more noticing, wondering,and reflecting? To what extent do adults use such conversations asopportunities to introduce more varied and sophisticated vocabulary?3. What opportunities exist to help adults focus on initially exposing childrento knowledge that is familiar and meaningful to them and graduallyextending to topics less familiar and more abstract?4. In what ways are children encouraged to develop the ability to usesymbols, make comparisons, recall, anticipate situations, and shift theirfocus away from the here and now?5. Do adults regularly and intentionally encourage children to give reasonsfor their choices and to argue logically?6. How do adults help children connect what they are learning to previousexperiences?4. Early Learning Expectation: Children move from solving problemsthrough trial and error to beginning to use varied strategies,resources, and techniques to test out possibilities and findsolutions. [HSCOF-ID 4.2.4]Children typically:1. Demonstrate problem-solving skills in their hands-on activities.2. Increase their ability to observe attentively.3. Increase their ability to ask questions appropriate to the circumstance.4. Increase their ability to predict outcomes by checking out and evaluatingtheir predictions.5. Try a variety of ways of solving problems.6. Demonstrate enjoyment in solving their own problems.66 Michigan Department of Education