A practical guide to early childhood curriculum / Claudia Eliason, Loa Jenkins
- Author
- Eliason, Claudia Fuhriman, 1945-
- Published
- Boston : Pearson, [2016]
- Edition
- Tenth edition.
- Physical Description
- xiii, 448 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Additional Creators
- Jenkins, Loa Thomson, 1942-
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Introduction to Early Childhood Education -- 1. Early Childhood Education And Developmentally Appropriate Practice -- Historical Look at Early Childhood Education -- Need for Quality Early Childhood Programs -- Factors Influencing the Need for Early Childhood Education -- Developmental Need for Early Childhood Education -- Early Childhood Education Teachers -- Professional Standards in Early Childhood Education -- How Young Children Learn -- Developmentally Appropriate Practice -- Balancing Direct Teaching and Child-Guided Play -- Child-Guided Play -- Purposes and Benefits of Play -- Teacher's Role in Fostering Positive and Meaningful Play Experiences -- Providing Developmentally Appropriate Materials to Support Play -- Preparing a Developmentally Appropriate and Curriculum-Supportive Environment -- Guidelines for Arranging the Early Childhood Classroom -- Arranging the Environment with Areas to Meet Developmental Needs -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- 2. Family, School, And Community Partnerships -- Family Partnerships in Early Childhood Education -- Active Family Involvement: Benefits and Barriers -- Guidelines for Building Strong Family Relationships -- Strategies for Achieving Family-Friendly Schools and School-Friendly Homes -- Written Communication -- Parent Conferences or Conversations -- Parent Meetings or Parent Education Programs -- Technology and Telephone Calls -- Home Visits -- Family Involvement and Observation in the Classroom -- Policy Planning, Decision Making, and Evaluation -- Family Resource Centers -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- 3. Assessment -- Developmentally Appropriate Assessment -- Purposes of Early Childhood Assessment -- Guidelines for Early Childhood Assessment -- Forms of Assessment -- Assessment of Instruction -- Assessing Children's Learning and Involvement -- Assessing the Child's Development -- Evaluating the Teacher -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- 4. Planning The Curriculum -- Basic Considerations in Developing Curricula for Young Children -- Planning Based on Observation -- Goals and Objectives Answer Why -- Well-Planned Integrated Units and Activities Answer What -- Defining Instructional Contexts Answers How -- Rigid Planning Versus Flexible Curriculum Planning -- Early Childhood Instructional Contexts -- Free Play Including Individual Activities -- Whole- and Small-Group Activities -- Learning Centers -- Cooperative Learning -- Approaches to Curriculum Planning -- Teacher Work Sample Approach to Planning -- Thematic Planning -- Project-Based Learning -- Emergent Curricula -- Unit Ideas -- Webbing or Clustering -- Activity Plan -- Daily Schedule of Activities -- Lesson Plan -- Multiple Intelligences -- Additional Considerations for Instructional Planning -- Field Trips -- Visitors -- Service Learning -- Technology and Computers -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Online Resources -- pt. 2 Personal and Social Development -- 5. Appreciating Differences -- Developing an Attitude of Acceptance -- Teaching and Valuing Diversity -- Developing the Perspective of Diversity -- Family -- Teacher -- Goals of a Classroom Focused on Diversity -- Gender Bias -- Stereotyping -- Inequitable Attention -- Dividing Students by Gender -- Linguistic Bias -- Behavior Expectations -- Religious Bias -- Children with Special Needs -- Working with Children with Special Needs -- Speech and Language Impairments -- Mental Impairments -- Hearing Impairments -- Visual Impairments -- Physical Impairments -- Emotional, Social, or Behavioral Problems -- Chronic Illness -- Learning Disabilities -- Gifted and Talented Children -- Programs for Meeting Special Needs -- Creating a Diverse Curriculum and Classroom -- Changing Attitudes and Practices of Teachers -- Selecting Books, Materials, and Resources -- Exposing Children to the Diversity of Cultures -- Accepting Language and Dialect Diversity -- Using the Daily News as a Springboard for Cultural Awareness and Understanding -- Teaching Differences in Occupations and Lifestyles -- Modifying Curriculum Approaches to Promote and Facilitate Achievement Among Children from Diverse Groups -- Incorporating the NCSS Standards -- Specific Curriculum Activities -- Communication Skills -- Literacy Skills -- Motor and Physical Skills -- Creative Arts -- Dramatic Play -- Food Activities -- Math Skills -- Personal and Social Skills -- Cultural Comparisons -- Pro-Social Skills -- Approach to Teaching -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- 6. Myself And Others -- Physical Health -- Physical Fitness -- Fitness, Motor, and Movement Guidelines -- Fundamental Axial Movements -- Using Locomotor and Axial Movements -- Fitness and Motor Activities -- Physical Games -- Examples of Active Games -- Outdoor Activities -- General Health and Safety Issues -- Health Education Curriculum -- Nutrition and Food Experiences -- Nutrition Education -- Value of Food Experiences -- Food and Nutrition Concepts -- Food Activities -- Food Activity Guidelines -- Approaches to Teaching about Healthy Foods and Nutrition -- Fruits and Vegetables -- Grain, Rice, and Pasta Products -- Dairy Products -- Protein Products -- Activities and Experiences -- Social-Emotional Health -- Healthy Self-Esteem -- Generalizations Regarding Self-Esteem -- Suggestions for Building Children's Self-Esteem -- Each Child Is Unique -- Stress in Children and Developing Resiliency -- Violence and Conflict Resolution -- Children's Reactions to Stress -- Helping Children Cope with Stress -- Fostering Resiliency in Children -- Character Education -- Approaches to Teaching Social-Emotional Competency -- Activities and Experiences -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- pt. 3 Cognitive and Literacy Development -- 7. Language Development -- Development of Early Language -- Semantics -- Syntax -- Language Acquisition Variables -- General Guidelines for Oral Language Development -- Listening and Speaking -- Listening -- Oral Language/Speaking -- Activities for Listening and Speaking -- Other Activities to Support Language Development -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- 8. Literacy Development -- Importance of Literacy Development -- Comprehensive Literacy Approach -- Additional Components in the Comprehensive Literacy Approach -- Reading -- Concepts of Print -- Phonological Awareness -- Alphabet -- Phonics -- Vocabulary -- Fluency -- Comprehension -- Strategies to Support Reading -- Supporting Struggling Readers -- Writing -- Handwriting -- Writing or Composing -- Strategies to Support Writing -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- pt. 4 Science and Math Development -- 9. Science And Math -- Integrated, Interdisciplinary Science -- Science Curriculum -- Methods for Teaching Science -- Value of Science Activities -- Some Practical Suggestions -- Mathematics Curriculum -- Problem Solving and Mathematics Competencies in the Early Childhood Curriculum -- Guidelines for Incorporating Problem Solving and Mathematics into Early Childhood Curriculum -- Use of Computers in Mathematics and Problem Solving -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- 10. Physical Science -- Physical Science Concepts and Explorations -- Physical Science Experiments to Demonstrate Scientific Explanations and Create Discussions -- Teaching about Color -- Color Concepts and Labels -- Teaching Color Concepts -- Activities and Experiences -- Teaching about Fire -- Activities and Experiences -- Teaching about Light and Shadows -- Activities and Experiences -- Teaching about Magnets -- Activities and Experiences -- Teaching about Weight and Balance -- Daily Experiences with Weight and Balance -- Activities and Experiences -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- 11. Earth And Space Science Experiences -- Teaching about Environmental Concepts -- Activities and Experiences -- Teaching about Air -- Activities and Experiences -- Teaching about Rocks -- Activities and Experiences -- Teaching about Water -- Activities and Experiences -- Teaching about Temperature, Weather, and Seasons -- Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Fall -- Snow -- Rain -- Wind -- Sun -- Activities and Experiences -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- 12. Life Science -- Life Science -- Teaching Sensory-Related Concepts -- Smell and Taste -- Smell -- Activities and Experiences -- Taste -- Activities and Experiences -- Texture (Touch) -- Activities and Experiences -- Sound (Hearing) -- Activities and Experiences -- Teaching about Animals -- Activities and Experiences -- Unit Ideas and Project Plans on Animals -- Teaching about Plants -- Activities and Experiences -- Summary -- Student Learning Activities -- Suggested Resources -- Online Resources -- 13. Mathematics -- Teaching Mathematics -- Teaching Number Concepts
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780133801293 (alk. paper)
0133801292 (alk. paper)
9780134057231
0134057236 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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