Having children makes one no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. Michael Levine

This is a one-semester course that deals with pregnancy, parenting and the developing

Child. The last part of the second nine weeks includes a preschool that is set up and operated by the students.

TOPICS

Pregnancy

Fertility and infertility

Birth control

Signs of pregnancy

Prenatal care

Birth

Baby Assignment

Budgeting for baby

Playing at being a teen parent

Infant Care

Bathing

Feeding

Clothing

Well baby care

Development

Theories of development

Areas of development

Parenting

Play in Childhood

Nursery School

For 2 to 5 year olds

You plan, prepare, implement, and evaluate a preschool

Held here in the school

Grading:

Homework

Assignments and projects

Quizzes and tests

Participation in preschool

Individual and group work

Which includes planning, preparation, and implementation

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