Early Childhood Curriculum: Developmental Bases for Learning and Teaching / Edition 5

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Overview

With its chronological approach from infancy through Grade 3, this text directly ties curriculum to the understanding of child development.

Key changes to this edition include

o the addition of instructional strategies for meeting standards

o information on how teachers can address increased demands for accountability and maintain a quality program

o expanded content on integrating the curriculum

o a focus on balanced literacy

o new discussions on factors that put children at risk

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780137152339
  • Publisher: Pearson
  • Publication date: 7/15/2009
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 5
  • Pages: 456
  • Sales rank: 473,013
  • Product dimensions: 7.90 (w) x 9.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

1 The changing role of the teacher in developing curriculum for diverse populations 1
2 Historical and theoretical bases for appropriate programs in early childhood settings 21
3 The need for quality programs in early childhood education 45
4 Developmental characteristics of young children from birth to 8 years : implications for learning 75
5 Organizing infant-toddler programs 111
6 Infant-toddler curriculum : birth to age 2 141
7 A developmental model for preschool programs 177
8 Preschool curriculum : ages 3 to 5 : language and cognitive development 211
9 Preschool curriculum : ages 3 to 5 : social and physical development 253
10 A model for programs for children 5 to 8 287
11 The transitional curriculum : ages 5 to 8 : language arts 323
12 The transitional curriculum : ages 5 to 8 : mathematics and science 349
13 The transitional curriculum : ages 5 to 8 : social studies and physical education 375
14 Teaching in the real world 395
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