ECE 111 Children's Literature
explores basic concepts of reading and telling stories and suggests methods of encouraging the child's creativity in the language arts. An important part of this course concerns the selection and use of materials appropriate for the level of comprehension associated with the different stages of mental, physical, and emotional development of the individual child. Particular emphasis is placed on language development. This course requires five hours of classroom observation experience. This course is applicable toward all certificates and degrees; areas of concentration include early childhood education (credit hours 3.0, lecture hours 3.0).