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Scenario:You are the director of a childcare center for toddlers and preschoolers. One of the children, Judah, is a two-year-old with some developmental delays in language and motor skills. However, he appears to be in touch with his own feelings and can sort through them effectively. He also loves music and can spend long periods of time listening to it. You observe his teacher working with him and notice that her techniques, while sound, may not work as effectively for his circumstances. You and Judah’s teacher work on writing an activity plan to better meet Judah’s current needs. Together, you develop sample activities using a multiple intelligences perspective that would be appropriate for Judah’s multiple intelligences.Assignment:1. Using the Action Plan found on Moodle, modify the activity for Judah to help in language and fine motor skill development.2. Judah excels in sorting his own personal feelings and has a deep love for music and can spend an extended amount of time listening to music. Identify 3 of Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences that Judah identifies with using the above scenario. Using the Action Plan found on Moodle, list these three intelligences and create 6 BRIEF examples of activities you could make specifically for Judah to help him master his language and fine motor goals. *Hint, create one activity per Judah’s MI’s for Language and one activity per his MIâ€�

�s for Fine Motor3. Choose one of the 6 activities you imagined, write an activity plan for Judah. Please utilize the correct Activity Plan (found on Moodle).4. Write a brief summary of three approaches you would give Judah’s teacher to help her better understand and incorporate differentiated instruction in her classroom. This should be 4-5 sentences.Grading:Student has successfully modified the activity for Judah for Language: ___/10Student has successfully modified the activity for Judah for Fine Motor: ___/10Student has successfully identified Judah’s 3 Multiple Intelligences: ___/15Student has successfully created 3 activities for Judah using his MI’s for Language: ___15Student has successfully created 3 activities for Judah using his MI’s for Fine Motor: ___/15Student has selected 1 of their 6 created activities for Judah and created an Activity Plan for Judah: ___/25Correct Activity Plan is used: __/5Student includes a brief, 4-5 sentence summary, of 3 separate approaches they would give to Judah’s teacher to help her better understand and incorporate differentiated instruction: ___/5Total: ___/100TO UPLOAD:Student should upload three items: Their COMPLETED Action Plan (found on Moodle above this assignment) Their COMPLETED Activity Plan (template found on Moodle under “Activity Plan Templates”) Their summary (may be attached to the Action Plan or Activity Plan – please identify)