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Assignment Task

Asynchronous

After viewing the video, “Kids Gone Wild: Denmark’s Forest Kindergartens” answer the following questions:

1. What are children learning?
2. What risks are the children taking?
3. How do you think the adults involved are managing and minimizing the risks? How is this related to the role of the early learning educator in risky play that is presented in Chapter 5 of your textbook?

After viewing the video, “Tool Use with Children” answer the following questions:

1. What can you do to support children’s tool use?
2. What concerns do you have regarding children’s tool use?
3. What can you do to deal with the concerns?

Once you have completed all the asynchronous reading for this module, answer the following question:

1. What are your three biggest takeaways about risky play and why?