Individualized Lesson Planning Dr. Maggie McGuire [email protected].

IndividualizedLesson

Planning

Dr. Maggie McGuire

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Describe your “Average Child”

• ________________• ________________• ________________• ________________• ________________


Average Children

• DO NOT EXIST!


Blame this on……..

• Arnold Gesell (1880-1961) – Developed “milestones” of a child’s development– Gesell Development Assessment- compares a child to the norm

• Dr. Spock (1903-1998)– Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946; 6th ed., 1992)


The Brain

• Brain activity begins 10 to 12 weeks AFTER CONCEPTION!

• At birth, a brain contains 100 billion neurons (about the same number of stars as in the Milky Way)


Milky Way


The Brain cont…….

• Yet, only the wiring has been done. Not the connecting.

• Connecting of the brain requiresRepeated Experiences, repeated experiences, repeated experiences, repeated experiences, repeated

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Individualized Lesson Plans

• Why do them?– They focus on

• where a child is developmentally,• what is right with the child,• what is appropriate for the child,• areas of concern with the child.


How they work

• Fill out the box in the upper left hand corner.

Child’s name _Bobby_______

Birth date August 3, 200

Current age 3 monthsAs of ____________

Parents,Here are the special activities that were planned for your child this week.


How they work….

• Think about the child whom you are planning activities for.

• What are your goals for that child?

• What do they do well and where do they need some help?

• Choose a box from the lesson plan blank that best fits the category of the skill you will be teaching or practicing.

• Write the activity and how it will help the child.


For Example:

Seeing date ____

Child’s name _Bobby_______




I will lay Bobby on his back and hold a tracking tube over his head and move it back and forth slowly.

This will help Bobby practice following an object with his eyes and moving his head.


For Example:

Physical date _____

DevelopmentChild’s name _Bobby_______




I will put the bell socks on Bobby and encourage him to kick his feet to make them jingle.

This will help him strengthen his leg muscles.


Your turn

• Choose a box from Bobby’s lesson plan and write your own.


For Example:

Tasting date _____

Child’s name _Chica_______

Birth date March 3, 200



At snack time, Chica will prepare her own snack from a variety of fruits and vegetables.

This will give her the opportunity to taste different flavors and begin to make her own choices.


For Example:

Hearing date _____

Child’s name _Chica_______




Chica and I will learn the song “Little White Box”.

This will give her the opportunity to learn a new song and expand her vocabulary.


For Example:

Physical date _____

DevelopmentChild’s name _Chica_______




Chica and I will roll the ball back and forth to each other.

This will help with her eye hand coordination.


Other uses for ILP

• Use them as a tool for parenting.

• Use them as a guide for volunteers to work with the children.

• Use them as documentation.

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Resources

• Begley, S. (1996, February 19). Your child’s brain. Newsweek, 55-62.

• Parents as teachers national center. (1999).• http://www2.tlte.ttu.edu/Tanner/

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