ECE 332 WK 3 ASSIGNMENT 2

Cognitive and Language Development Milestones Picture Book

[WLO: 1] [CLO: 1]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, 

• Review Chapters 6, 7, and 9 of your text.


• Review the cognition and language development milestones from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the web page Basic Information (Links to an external site.).


• Identify one age-group that you will discuss:
  
  
  
  • Infancy: Birth to 12 months
  
  
  • Toddler: 1 to 3 years
  
  
  • Early childhood: 4 to 8 years
  
  
  
  


• Review and download the Cognitive and Language Development Milestones Picture Book Template.

The purpose of this assignment is to creatively demonstrate an understanding of developmental milestones as they pertain to cognition and language development.

Part 1: Based on the required resources above, create a children’s picture book using StoryJumper (Links to an external site.) that tells a story about a child’s typical day. Your story must incorporate at least four cognitive and four language development milestones for the age-group you have selected. Your story can be about a fictional child or can be based on a real child. Watch the video, StoryJumper Tutorial (Links to an external site.), for assistance in using StoryJumper.

To complete this assignment, you must

• Create a children’s picture book using StoryJumper.


• Identify at least four cognitive development milestones appropriate to the age-group selected.


• Distinguish at least four language development milestones appropriate to the age-group selected.


• Discuss a typical day appropriate to the age-group selected.

Part 2: Open the Cognitive and Language Development Milestones Picture Book Template and complete the following items:

• Provide the link to the StoryJumper picture book you created in Part 1.


• Indicate which age-group your picture book will discuss.


• List at least four cognitive development milestones that are included in your picture book.


• List at least four language development milestones that are included in your picture book.


• Submit your Word document to Waypoint.

The Cognitive and Language Development Milestones Picture Book:

• Must be eight to 10 pages of text in length (not including title page, images, and references page) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)


• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  
  
  
  • Title of picture book
  
  
  • Student’s name
  
  
  • Course name and number
  
  
  • Instructor’s name
  
  
  • Date submitted
  
  
  
  


• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)


• Must include a separate references page or slide that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.