Make the complex task of creating a child-centered curriculum easier with the practical guidelines and ideas in this updated and expanded handbook. Learn how to sharpen your observation and documentation skills, set up your space, and transform your teaching to reflect children s interests and needs. Insightful classroom stories, assessment tools, checklists, comparative charts, and activities encourage new approaches and self-reflection as you plan your curriculum and put it into practice. Addressing new standards in early education, two new chapters focus on teaching academics in a meaningful way and guiding children as they play and learn. Reflecting Children s Lives is your work in progress use it to record the development of your own thinking and practice.
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ISBN:9781605540399
Physical Description:print xiv, 330 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Edition:2nd ed.
Publisher:St. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press, c2011.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Begin with yourself -- Revitalizing the environment -- Guiding children's play and learning -- Putting the child back in DAP -- Redefining curriculum themes -- Putting academic learning in its place -- Caring for infants and toddlers -- Organizing, evaluating, and communicating your approach -- Developing yourself.
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