| Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum in Action Contributor(s): Kostelnik, Marjorie (Author), Rupiper, Michelle (Author), Soderman, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0137058071 ISBN-13: 9780137058075 Publisher: Pearson OUR PRICE: $120.32 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Curricula - Education | Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten) |
| Dewey: 372.21 |
| LCCN: 2012045036 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.4" W x 10.7" (1.60 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Key Benefit A comprehensive overview of how to develop appropriate curriculum for students aged three to six years of age. As the basis for curriculum planning, the book focuses on direct application to the classroom environment, skill-building, areas of child development, and promoting the teacher as an active participant. Key Topics Includes curriculum areas such as aesthetics, affective, language, physical, social, cognitive (math) and cognitive (science); chapters on child guidance; how to observe and assess children's learning; detailed approaches to planning lessons, days and weeks; circle time activities; creating learning centers both indoors and outside; and projects and themes with sample projects and lesson plan samples throughout. The book promotes several areas of child development--aesthetic, affective, cognitive, language, physical, and social--and incorporates subject matter areas (art, math, literacy, and science) into the developmental domains rather than focusing on the subjects themselves. There are six activity types (exploratory play, guided discovery, problem-solving, discussions, demonstrations, and direct instruction) in every domain presented to the reader, as well. The contents of the book are all closely aligned to the current developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) guidelines. Strongly methods-based in its approach, the book also imparts the "how to" of teaching, with many developmentally appropriate examples of ways to teach children ages three to six years of age. Market: Written for certificate and degree-seeking students of early childhood education. |