Endless Opportunities for Infant and Toddler Curriculum: A Relationship-Based Approach

Petersen, Sandra H.; Wittmer, Donna S.

ISBN 10: 013243444X / ISBN 13: 9780132434447

Published by Pearson, 2008

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Synopsis:

This new text helps parents, caregivers, and early interventionists prepare curriculum for our youngest learners. To encourage learning, the authors use a three-step approach - Respect, Reflect, and Relate. This book will help all those who care for infants and toddlers to translate their knowledge of child development into effective, individualized curriculum; it will not tell them what to do on Monday, but rather will help them to ask: "What decisions can I make on Monday that truly derives from the child's interest?"  Through observation, they will choose a response that supports learning and the relationship and therefore achieve the primary goal of an infant/toddler care teacher- that is to support the parent-child relationship.

From the Back Cover:

Endless Opportunities for Infant and Toddler Curriculum helps infant and toddler care teachers to create a curriculum that focuses on building relationships with individual children and their families.

 

As its foundation, it emphasizes:

• The crucial link between attachment/relationships and child development
• Using observation to determine developmental interests, needs, and abilities when creating a curriculum
• Reflection and decision-making as a curriculum planning strategy

Key Features

•  Organized by developmental and curricular domains
• Addresses curriculum practices for three age groups: young infants, mobile infants, and toddlers and two-year-olds
• Includes a  running scenario describing infant and toddler care teachers and the children in their care
• Weaves individual, cultural, and family diversity throughout
• Illustrates inclusion of infants and toddlers with special needs

Bibliographic Details

Title: Endless Opportunities for Infant and Toddler...
Publisher: Pearson
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good