Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum: Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 8th edition
Published by Pearson (May 21, 2024) © 2025
  • Marjorie J. Kostelnik
  • Anne K. Soderman
  • Alice P. Whiren
  • Michelle L. Rupiper

Key features

Features of Pearson+ eTextbook for the 8th Edition

  • NEW: Video Examples, including authentic classroom videos and interviews with experts in the field, expand on principles or concepts in each chapter, helping put the reading into context.
  • NEW: Chapter-opening links correlate the chapter contents to the specific National Association for the Education of Young Children standards covered.
  • NEW: You’re the Observer video analysis exercises encourage critical thinking in responding to questions about teaching, development and learning.
  • NEW: Artifacts promote deeper understanding with links to in-depth case studies, research articles, student work, and lesson plans. Associated questions guide students to think and make decisions like a teacher.
  • The Interactive Glossary lets students quickly build their professional vocabulary as they read.

Table of contents

Part 1: Foundations of Early Childhood Education

  1. Developmentally Appropriate Practice
  2. Teaching and Learning in Developmentally Appropriate Programs

Part 2: Setting the Stage for Learning

  1. Planning and Implementing Effective Small-Group Activities
  2. Planning and Implementing Effective Group-Time Activities
  3. Organizing Space and Materials
  4. Child Guidance in Early Childhood Classrooms
  5. Strengthening Developmentally Appropriate Programs Through Family Engagement

Part 3: The Curriculum

  1. The Aesthetic Domain
  2. The Affective Domain
  3. The Cognitive Domain
  4. The Language Domain
  5. The Physical Domain
  6. The Social Domain

Part 4: Integrating Curriculum

  1. Organizing Children’s Learning Over Time

APPENDICES

  1. Sample Lesson Plans
  2. Field Trips
  3. The Big, Big Turnip
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