Problem solving activities for Preschoolers

Lesson plans for early childhood education

This online training for early childhood educators will show you how to successfully integrate experiences that encourage children to investigate and solve problems through asking questions, investigating, and using digital technologies.

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Takeaways include

This online workshop for ECE is aligned with the APST 2.6.2, 3.3.2 and 3.4.2 towards maintaining a Proficiency standard.

  • Understand what is problem solving in early childhood education

  • Understand what is problem solving in early childhood education

  • Learn from examples of problem solving skills for preschoolers – a case study look at the EYLF.

  • Use digital technologies to investigate and problem solve.

  • Select and introduce appropriate tools, technologies and media and provide the skills, knowledge and techniques to enhance children’s learning.

  • Implement problem solving strategies for preschoolers

  • Provide opportunities for children to both construct and take apart materials as a strategy for learning.

  • Introduce questions and adopt active listening approaches to prompt problem solving and creative solutions.

  • Apply and adapt lesson plans and activities for problem solving for preschoolers.

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Complete this resource/workshop to receive 3 hours of PD

Aligned with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers

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Lesson Plans for Early Childhood Education

Problem solving activities with ICT

    1. A message from your instructor

    2. How to use this online workshop?

    3. How to use this course

    4. Before we begin...

    1. What is problem solving in early childhood education?

    2. Why are problem solving skills needed?

    3. What are problem solving skills?

    4. How to develop problem solving skills in ECE?

    5. How to create opportunities for better solutions and problem solving contexts?

    6. How children learn to be creative problem solvers?

    1. Playful uses of ICT for problem solving

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About this course

  • $10.00 / month
  • 20 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

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