Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum in Action, 1st edition

Part 1 — Teaching in Early Childhood Programs

 

Chapter 1 – Ready, Set, Go! : Teaching in Developmentally Appropriate Programs

 

Chapter 2 — What You Need to Know to Help Children Grow: Preparing to Teach

 

Chapter 3 – More than a Referee: Effective Child Guidance Strategies

 

Chapter 4 — Teacher, Teacher, What Do You See: Observing and Documenting Children’s Learning

 

Chapter 5 – Roadmaps to Success: Lesson Plans as Teaching Tools

 

Chapter 6 — Up Close and Personal: Teaching Children in Small Groups

 

Chapter 7 – Centered on Learning: Creating and Maintaining Activity Areas Indoors and Outside

 

Chapter 8 — All Together: Teaching Children in Whole Groups

 

Part 2: The Curriculum

 

Chapter 9 – The Aesthetic Domain: Celebrating the Artist Within

  

Chapter 10 — The Affective Domain: Exploring the Inner Self

 

Chapter 11 – The Cognitive Domain Part 1: Nurturing Young Scientists

 

Chapter 12 — The Cognitive Domain Part 2: Fostering Mathematical Thinking

 

Chapter 13 – The Language Domain: Enhancing Communication

 

Chapter 14 — The Physical Domain

 

Chapter 15 – The Social Domain: Interacting with Others

 

Part 3: Moving Forward

 

Chapter 16 - Projects and Themes

  

Appendix A – Sample Lesson Plans