Strategies for Early Learners - Softcover

Meece, Darrell W

 
9798581468043: Strategies for Early Learners

Synopsis

Strategies for Early Learners is a text for courses in introduction to curriculum in Early Childhood Education courses. Based upon a Developmentally Appropriate Practices approach, the text focuses on play-based curriculum for ages birth through kindergarten in inclusive and culturally diverse early childhood programs. The book is aligned with the TN-ELDS, the Tennessee Early Learning Developmental Standards. This is the Table of Contents: Section I: Understanding How Children LearnPreface6Chapter 1: DAP: The Importance of Play and Intentional Teaching8Section II: Developing Curriculum to Support Children’s LearningChapter 2: The Cycle of Curriculum Planning36Chapter 3: Developing Curriculum for a Play Centered Approach55Section III: Setting the Stage for Children’s LearningChapter 4: Setting the Stage for Play: Structuring Environments90Chapter 5: Guiding Young Children’s Behavior 130Section IV: Planning for Children’s LearningChapter 6: Social and Emotional Development186Chapter 7: Language and Literacy213Chapter 8: Mathematics261Chapter 9: Science297Chapter 10: Creative Arts336Chapter 11: History & Social Science373Chapter 12: Physical Development, Health and Safety419Section V: Making Children’s Learning VisibleChapter 13: Documentation and Assessment476

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