Early Childhood Care and Education

Early Childhood Care and Education(ECCE)

Develop competencies in ECCE in line with NEP 2020
Learn International Synthetic Phonics techniques
Understand Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) and its benefits
Leverage the power of storytelling for better student engagement and learning
Learn to develop critical thinking through literacy, numeracy, stories, science, art and STEM
Adopt the interdisciplinary approach in pre-primary teaching
Implement strategies to trigger critical thinking in children through integration of subjects.

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Course Duration

12.5 hours

No. of Videos

72

No. of Handouts

29

No. of Assessment

8

Access Duration

Lifetime Access

Subscribers

557

Assured Certification

STTAR E-Learning Certificates

About the Course

Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is the essence of foundational learning and development in children. The formative years, during which neural connections are being formed inside the brain, are most significant to initiate the cognitive, linguistic, social-emotional, physical and motor development in children.

STTAR’s self-paced learning course on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) aims to equip teachers with knowledge and skills to stimulate the development of these fundamental faculties in children through play-based learning, active-learning, inquiry-based learning, and storytelling, as envisioned in NEP 2020. Highly recommended for all pre-primary teachers, educators and aspirants, this e-learning course covers all the important elements of ECCE, namely,

Importance of Foundational Learning
Fun for Phonics in Early Years
Art Of Storytelling in Pre-primary
Developing Critical Thinking Curriculum for Pre-Primary

Course FAQs

Why is Early Childhood Care and Education so important?

Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is the essence of foundational learning and development in children. Studies suggest that over 85% of a child’s brain develops by the age of 6. These early years, during which neural connections are being formed inside the brain, are most significant to initiate the cognitive, linguistic, social-emotional, physical and motor development in children. ECCE is aimed at making foundational learning engaging and stimulate cognitive, emotional and psychomotor development in students.

Who is this course for?

Early years’ teachers.

What will I learn from this course?

This course will help you get a firm grasp on all the essential elements of ECCE. You will get to master the alphabetic code to facilitate linguistic and comprehension development in students through phonics. You will learn to leverage the power of storytelling to make learning engaging. Equally importantly, you will acquire the knowhow to develop a critical thinking curriculum to catalyze cognitive development in children.

Will I get a certificate of completion?

Upon completion of the course, a participant will get the STTAR E-Learning Certificate for ECCE.

How much time will a teacher get to complete this course?

A teacher will have lifetime access to the course.

Can I do multiple self-paced learning courses at the same time?

Yes, a teacher may do multiple self-paced learning courses at the same time. There is no limit to the number of courses a teacher may do simultaneously or one after the other.

Are assessments mandatory?

Yes, the assessments are mandatory. A teacher will get the STTAR E-Learning Certificate only after completing assessments.

How many assessments will I have to take for this course?

You will have to take three different assessments for this course: phonics, storytelling and developing critical thinking curriculum for the pre-primary.

Course Structure

(1) The Importance of Foundational Years

3 IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS ON EARLY YEARS - PART 1
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY YEARS - PART II
REQUIREMENT FOR THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY YEARS -PART III
IMPORTANCE OF BONDING IN EARLY YEARS - PART IV
IMPORTANCE OF PLAY BASED LEARNING IN EARLY YEARS - PART V
HIGHER BRAIN AND LOWER BRAIN - PART VI
PRACTICES TO BE FOLLOWED IN EARLY YEARS - PART VII
SOME THEORIES IN EARLY YEARS - PART VIII

(2) Fun with Phonics in Early Years

Module 1

Introduction- Language Development in Early Years

Module 2 Systematic Synthetic Phonics – First Five Alphabets

Story of Letter A
Story of Letter B
Story of Letter C
Story of Letter D
Story of Letter E

Module 3 Systematic Synthetic Phonics – Next Five Alphabets

Story of Letter F
Story of Letter G
Story of Letter H
Story of Letter I
Story of Letter J

Module 4 Systematic Synthetic Phonics – Next Five Alphabets

Story of Letter K
Story of Letter L
Story of Letter M
Story of Letter N
Story of Letter O

Module 5 Systematic Synthetic Phonics – Next Five Alphabets

Story of Letter P
Story of Letter Q
Story of Letter R
Story of Letter S
Story of Letter T

Module 6 Systematic Synthetic Phonics – Next Six Alphabets

Story of Letter U
Story of Letter V
Story of Letter W
Story of Letter X
Story of Letter Y
Story of Letter Z

Module 7 How can we teach Phonics?

How can we teach Phonics? (Video)

Module 8 CVC Words

CVC Words (Video)
Blending and Segmenting

Module 9 Sight Words

Sight Words (Video)

Module 10 Blends and Diagraphs

Blends and Diagraphs (Video)
Conclusion (Video)

(3) Developing Critical Thinking Curriculum for Pre-primary

Introduction to Developing Critical Thinking Curriculum For The Pre-Primary
Brain & Its development
Developing Critical Thinking in Children
Developing Critical Thinking Through Stories
Developing Critical Thinking Through Poems and Rhymes
Making Math Fun
Extending Numeracy To Real Life
Harnessing the Power of Music For Critical Thinking – Songs & Rhymes
Magical World of Fairytales & Stories
Environmental Studies
STEAM Activities
Using AR/VR to enhance classroom learning

MODULE 1

Introduction to Developing Critical Thinking Curriculum For The Pre-Primary

MODULE 2

Brain & Its development

MODULE 3

Developing Critical Thinking in Children

MODULE 4

Developing Critical Thinking Through Stories

MODULE 5

Developing Critical Thinking Through Poems and Rhymes

MODULE 6

Making Math Fun

MODULE 7

Extending Numeracy To Real Life

MODULE 8

Harnessing the Power of Music For Critical Thinking – Songs & Rhymes

MODULE 9

Magical World of Fairytales & Stories

MODULE 10

Environmental Studies

MODULE 11

STEAM Activities

MODULE 12

Using AR/VR to enhance classroom learning

(4) Art of Storytelling in Pre-Primary

MODULE 1: Introduction to stories and a brief history of storytelling

Introduction to stories and a brief history of storytelling -Part I
Introduction to stories and a brief history of storytelling -Part II
Introduction to stories -Part III

MODULE 2: Essential tools of a storyteller

Essential tools of a storyteller

MODULE 3: Key Elements/ Essentials of a Story

Key Elements/ Essentials of a Story- Part I
Key Elements/ Essentials of a Story- Part II
Key Elements/ Essentials of a Story- Part III

MODULE 4: Props and types of props/puppets

Props and Types of props puppets – Part I
Props and Types of props puppets – Part II

MODULE 5: Types of stories

Types of Stories- Call & Action and Pourquoi Stories – Part I
Types of Stories- Call & Drawing Stories – Part II
Types of Stories- Call & Rhyme Away Stories – Part III
Types of Stories- Call & Chain Stories – Part IV
Types of Stories- Finger Stories– Part V
Types of Stories- Musical Stories – Part VI

MODULE 6: How storytelling affects our brains?

How storytelling affects our brains – Part I
How storytelling affects our brains – Part II

MODULE 7: Importance of storytelling

Importance of storytelling and tips of storytelling- Part -I
Importance of storytelling and tips of storytelling- Part -II
Conclusion Video

Assessment

Resource material

About Instructors

Ms Swati Popat Vats is President of the Early Childhood Association (India), and also the President of the Association for Primary Education and Research. She is an educationist with 34 years of experience. Ms. Swati has done MA in Sociology, B.Ed in English and History, LLB, ECCE, Honorary Doctorate in Education, Sociology, education, law, early childhood education.

Kanika Ghai is an academic trainer and a BA English Honours graduate from Delhi University and a Certified Microsoft Educator. As an academic trainer, she collaborates with teachers to create and develop curricula, lesson plans, assessments, and classroom management techniques. As a Phonics teacher, she excels in educating children in learning and decoding unfamiliar or unknown alphabets and words by sounding them out.

Poonam Kochitty is an educator with 35 years of experience in school leadership roles. She is a teacher trainer for CBSE, trainer in classroom management, gender sensitivity, life skills, curriculum planning and implementation, and innovative pedagogy. Presently, she is the Principal of Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Lucknow.

Ms. Amrit Nagpal is an early years’ expert with a Master’s in Education from James Cook University. She has a Diploma in Enrichment Studies (Phonics, Music and Movement and Speech and Drama) from The College of Teachers, UK, and Diploma in TESOL from Global TESOL College, Canada. She has over 18 years of experience in Pre-Primary and Primary teaching, remedial teaching, content designing, curriculum planning and training pre-service and in-service teachers.

Earn The STTAR Certificate

After finishing the course, you will get a Certificate from STTAR in collabration with our Global Partners – Global Education Futures and The Weaving Lab.

STTAR E-Learning Certificate – Early Childhood Care and Education.

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