Module 8 Part 2
Read Levin’s Chapter 7 Beyond remote controlled play: Helping children become creative players.
1. Do action idea 7.1 Page 87. Observe children as they play in an early childhood center, prek k, kg, first grade classroom or on a playground/in a park (or if your own, in your yard/home). Give the setting, location, date, time and how long you observed. Describe the number of children, gender,race, and age range. Answer the questions in the box after you have observed.

Part 3
Read Falk’s Defending Childhood, "The school of the 21st century: Addressing the needs of the whole child" page 218
1. What are the six principles?
2. How do you think Florida has done with regard to reaching/implementing those principles? Give your thoughts on ways our early childhood settings can better meet the needs of the whole child.

Required Text(s)/ Resources
Falk, B. (Ed). (2012). Defending Childhood: Keeping the promise of early education. New York: Teachers College Press.
Levin, D. (2013). Beyond remote-controlled childhood: Teaching children in the media age. NAEYC. IRIS Website http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/