Assignment format: PowerPoint with 8 - 10 content slides, and in addition 1 introductory slide, and in addition 1 ending references slide. (maximum total 12 slides)

Intended audience: Beginning childcare professionals who will have to talk with parents about research-based parenting techniques.

1. Select one children's growth and development theory from the choices below:
2. John Bowlby's Attachment theory
3. Piaget Constructivist theory
4. Vygotsky's Sociocultural theory
5. Erikson's theory of Psychosocial Development
6. Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory of Development
7. Outline the theorist's perspective on children's growth and development from birth to 5 years of age.
8. Describe at least 3 parenting techniques from birth to 5 years of age that are supportive of the theorist's perspective on fostering a child's development.
9. Content should be presented and organized in a visually pleasing manor. Use clip- art/images to break up text.
10. Support your work with 3 or more authoritative sources. Include citations on the appropriate slides and a full reference slide at the end of your presentation using APA format.