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For courses in Early Childhood Curriculum covering ages 3-8.
We learn often in life, but only once as a child. This popular text will help future teachers make the most of this special time. Here is complete coverage of how children learn, what they can learn, and how to teach them. The focus is on creating a child-centered curriculum that addresses children's needs in all developmental areas—physical, social, emotional, creative, and cognitive. The authors provide a wealth of meaningful teaching strategies—accompanied by lesson plans, activities, recipes, and more—that will meet the needs and interests of children ages three to eight, all synchronized to these children's developmental skills and cognitive capabilities.
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This applied guide to planning and implementing curriculum across the content areas, for children ages 3 to 8, provides students with a depth of background knowledge not usually seen in a text containing practical, highlighted strategies, unit and lesson plans, suggested activities, recipes, and more.
Core chapters cover:
- Social studies (including diversity, social-emotional development, physical activity, and nutrition)
- Language development
- Literacy development
- Science (3 separate chapters)
- Problem solving and math
- Music and movement
- Creativity, art, and dramatic activities
Key changes to this edition include a new chapter devoted to assessment, integration of developmentally appropriate practice in Chapter 1, expanded coverage of national standards and how to incorporate them into the daily curriculum, new “Ideas” boxes with specific ideas to support particular topics, and new photographs of children and classrooms.
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