During your interactions with parents of young children whether personally or in your role as an early childhood professional, you likely have encountered parents who are excited about the developmental milestones their young children are beginning to exhibit and are eager to witness more that are to come. Often concerns about a child’s development compared to other young children or the parents themselves when they were young goes along with that excitement and eagerness. Consider how you might support families in learning about the common milestones their preschoolers will encounter as well as the normal variations that are likely to occur in children’s developmental journeys.
For this Performance Task Assessment, you will assume the role of an early childhood professional who is in the process of completing a PowerPoint presentation for the families of preschoolers. You have titled the PowerPoint: Getting to Know Your Preschooler: Learning About Children, Ages 3–5. You have already plotted out the content over a series of slides, and now it is time to fill in your talking points in the notes section on slides 3–9