Temperament+Lesson+Plan

**Egg Baby Project/Temperament Style Lesson**

 * Objective:** SWBAT: 1)List the characteristics and common needs of children between the ages of 1 and 5. 2)Explain what types of activities will help aid the development of children in the 1 to 5 age group. 3)Describe what a babysitter needs to know to provide optimal care to their charge while in their care.
 * Materials:** 1) Egg baby project information sheet 2)Toys For My Egg Baby worksheet 3) Hollowed out egg decorated by student 4) Egg baby “carrier” (shoe box or Tupperware container) 5)Development/Behavior packet 6)Human Growth and Development chart 6)Parent Letter and information on how to hollow out and egg sheet 7)Egg Baby Rules sheet


 * Procedure:** 1)Students will hollow out egg at home. Day one will involve students checking their egg in with teacher and decorating to their liking. Students should pick an age from 1 to 5 for their egg baby and provide it with a carrier/home. Day one will also involve explanation of the rules in order to not receive point deduction for their egg baby. Included in the rules is the rule that students are never to leave their egg baby unattended. They are instructed that if they are not able to care for their baby, they must make arrangements (no parents or grandparents allowed to participate) for someone to care for their egg baby**. Sensing Perceiving/Intuitive Feeling** 2) Day two students will be paired up and will complete the human growth and development chart which involves explaining the typical behavioral and developmental milestones within the developmental categories, physical, social, emotional, and mental. **Sensing Judging** 3) Based on what they learned in day two, the same group of students will then share a laptop and research age appropriate toys on teacher approved websites and complete the “Toys for My Egg Baby” worksheet. Students will answer, “What the toys look like and how you play with them”, “What skills your egg baby needs in order to play with the toy”, and “what is educational about this toy?” **Intuitive Thinking** 4) Students will write a reflection about their experience caring for their egg baby including what were the challenges enjoyable moments of the project. **Intuitive Feeling**
 * Special Populations:** These students will be paired with students heterogeneously with stronger readers. They will be provided with a completed development chart, including a definition of each category, social, emotional, mental, and physical. A scribe will be provided if necessary.
 * Two Strategies Utilized:**
 * **Intuitive Feeler:** Assignments for options of personal choice – Choosing Egg Baby age and appearance
 * **Intuitive Thinker:** Research – The Egg Baby Toy research
 * The Five C’s:**
 * **Compare and Contrast:** The activity that involves comparing and contrasting the various developmental milestones of children ages 1 to 5
 * **Conceptualize:** Developmental Chart and graphic organizer, taking the egg baby around with students
 * **Comprehend:** Egg Baby Toy worksheet
 * **Combine:** Reflection of complete project