6100 NCFELD Tutorial

An Introduction to the North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning & Development

Imagine that you have been hired as the lead teacher in a three-year-old classroom…

First, let’s see what you already know…

Take a moment to answer the following questions…

NCFELD: Structure & Format

Domains

Subdomains

Goals

Developmental Indicators

Approaches to Play & Learning (APL)

Cognitive Development (CD)

Emotional & Social Development (ESD)

Health & Physical Development (HPD)

Language Development & Communication (LDC)

Domain

Subdomain

Goals

Subdomain

Subdomain

Subdomain

Subdomain

Goal

CD-12f

Developmental Indicators

Check Your Understanding: Let’s see what you have learned so far!

Let’s recap what we’ve covered so far…

Domains

Subdomains

Goals

Developmental Indicators

Approaches to Play & Learning (APL)

Cognitive Development (CD)

Emotional & Social Development (ESD)

Health & Physical Development (HPD)

Language Development & Communication (LDC)

Goals & Developmental Indicators

Now, to apply what you have learned…

Guided Practice:Something to Drink

Independent Practice: Cognitive Development

Which subdomain is being demonstrated by the children in this video?

1. Creative Expression
2. Mathematical Thinking & Expression

Question 1:

Which goal best fits the children’s play taking place in the video?

1. CD-10 – Children show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities
2. CD-11 - Children compare, sort, group, organize, and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment
3. CD-12 – Children identify and use common shapes and concepts about position during play and other activities
4. CD-13 Children use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment.

Question 2

Question 3

Which Developmental Indicator best fits the children’s play taking place in the video?

1. CD-11g
2. CD-11n
3. CD-11l
4. CD-11q

Guided Practice: Planning with NCFELD

She’s not drawing! She’s writing!

Why are there so many wiggly lines?

Using children’s play and conversations for planning.

What are you drawing?

Where to start?

Choosing a goal comes next…

Independent Practice:Fine Motor Development

Which of these activities is best aligned with HPD-5i “Use tools that require finger and hand control”?

1. During circle time you will introduce a new fingerplay to the children, the Five Green and Speckled Frogs
2. You have decided that you will add chopsticks to the utensils option at lunch for children to use instead of forks
3. You will fill the sensory table with water beads, funnels, measuring cups, spoons and tongs for the children

Let’s Recap: Foundations for Early Learning & Development

Structure of NCFELD

Applying NCFELD

Organization

Observations

Domains

Developmental Indicators

Intertwined

Planning activities

Developmental Indicators

Navigation

Let’s see what you have learned!

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