Family Child Care Homes Instructional Units

Instructional Units are standards-based, literacy-focused curriculum units that are designed to be used in Family Home Care Centers with multi-aged groups, ranging in age from 2+ through age 4.

Overview

The Family Home Instructional Units are designed for Family Home Care providers and teachers who work with 2-, 3-, and 4-year-old children. The Family Home Instructional Units are a supplemental curriculum that supports recent emergent literacy research that strengthens children's knowledge.

The Instructional Units are standard-based and the 18 Instructional Unit topics specifically address the development of background knowledge and vocabulary and language skills that focus on the interests of children. Interaction with hands-on materials and activities gives children focused time with teachers, enabling them to participate in more sophisticated, complex conversations and activities.

Report

Enhancing Children's Learning in Family Child Care Homes: 2011-12 Annual Report

Purpose

Each of the 18 Instructional Units are based on two, age-appropriate children's books, CORE and Rich Vocabulary words were identified, and includes activities related to oral language, read-aloud activities, letter-sound activities, science, math, and social studies activities. Each of the Instructional Units have books and activities for children ranging in age from 2+-3 and 3+-4 years. Each Family Home Instructional Unit helps develop skills in the following areas:

an appreciation for books
vocabulary
extension of language
letter knowledge
phonological awareness
print knowledge
early writing skills

The Instructional Units presented here were funded in part by the U. S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Fund for the Improvement of Education as part of the Virtual School Readiness Incubator Project, the Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida, and the Early Learning Coalition of Duval, Inc. These materials are still in the refinement phase and should be used with this caution in mind. The content of these units does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of or imply endorsement by the U. S. Department of Education, the University of North Florida, and/or the Early Learning Coalition of Duval, Inc.