Parenting and caregiving styles and a multicultural perspective of literacy
Please read carefully this is two assignments…. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.
Assignment 1:
Major Dimension of Caregiving Styles
Based on what you have learned in this week’s readings and additional resources, create a PowerPoint presentation or Prezi that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all of the questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least three (3) citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a reference slide at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint and Prezi presentations related to test size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements.
- Title slide (1 slide)
- Discuss the Authoritative Style (6 slides)
- Characteristics
- Its effect on children
- Pros/Cons (both or either or)
- Characteristics
- Its effect on children
- Pros/Cons (both or either or)
- Characteristics
- Its effect on children
- Pros/Cons (both or either or)
- Characteristics
- Its effect on children
- Pros/Cons (both or either or)
- Discuss Authoritarian Style (5 slides)
- Discuss Indulgent Style (5 slides)
- Discuss Uninvolved/Permissive Style (5 slides)
- Reference slide with a minimum of three professional references (1 slide) A Total of 23 to 24 slides…
Assignment 2:
Essays
Write a 1750 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer the questions for each bullet point. There should be separate sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount.
Essay Questions:
- Interview your own parents, grandparents, or aunts and uncles to find out when and how you or other children in your family learned to read. Were there any challenges or early accomplishments? Did children develop literacy by themselves? Do the parents have any ideas for improving these learning experiences? What might they have done differently?
- Use your own words to define “emergent literacy” and discuss how children advance naturally until they become literate. Describe three situations to show how this naturally happens within the home. Describe three situations to show how parents might positively influence emergent literacy within the home.
- What is one of the most effective methods for teaching young children about diversity, and how would you implement this in your classroom? How does this method develop attitudes children have for one another? Give two detailed examples with book references.
- How do children “bond” with book characters? What are some things you can do with a book besides reading it aloud to children? What are the best types books to use in promoting early literacy for preschool aged children and why? Give two detailed examples with book references.