Practical Guide to Early Childhood Curriculum, A

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Reader friendly and filled with examples, anecdotes, and practical, hands-on strategies, activities, and lesson plans, A Practical Guide to Early Childhood Curriculum offers pre- and in-service teachers specific help for planning, designing, and implementing effective early childhood curriculum for ages three through eight. Here the authors emphasize how to teach, while providing a solid foundation for the theoretical basis of the concepts being applied. Teachers see clearly what can be taught to young children, why it is important, and how it can be accomplished. The emphasis is on the importance of a child-centered curriculum that encompasses the whole child–physical, social, emotional, creative, and cognitive–and the focus is on the developmental needs of the children in the classroom, the cognitive areas of the curriculum, and effective methods of curriculum implementation.

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Part 1 Introduction to Early Childhood Education

1 Early Childhood Education and Developmentally Appropriate Practice

2 Family, School, and Community Partnerships

3 Assessment

4 Planning the Curriculum

Part 2 Personal and Social Development

5 Appreciating Differences

6 Myself and Others

Part 3 Cognitive and Literacy Development

7 Language Development

8 Literacy Development

9 Physical Science Experiences

10 Earth and Space Science Experiences

11 Life Science Experiences

12 Problem Solving and Mathematics

Part 4 Aesthetic and Creative Development

13 Music and Movement

14 Creativity, Art, and Dramatic Activities

Appendix A Lesson Plans

Appendix B Recipes for Food Experiences

References

Name Index

Subject Index

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For courses in Curriculum in Early Childhood (Early Childhood Education), Ages 3-8

Readers see clearly how children learn; what children can learn; and the specific concepts, ideas, and strategies that are developmentally appropriate for young children.

Reader friendly and filled with examples, anecdotes, and practical hands-on strategies, activities, and lesson plans, A Practical Guide to Early Childhood Curriculum offers pre- and in-service teachers specific help for planning, designing, and implementing effective early childhood curriculum for ages three through eight. Here the authors emphasize how to teach, while providing a solid foundation for the theoretical basis of the concepts being applied. Teachers see clearly what can be taught to young children, why it is important, and how it can be accomplished. The emphasis is on the importance of a child-centered curriculum that encompasses the whole child–physical, social, emotional, creative, and cognitive–and the focus is on the developmental needs of the children in the classroom, the cognitive areas of the curriculum, and effective methods of curriculum implementation.

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Claudia Eliason is the co-author of this textbook, now in its 10th edition. She has also authored several peer-reviewed journal articles. She taught 1st grade and then was an Assistant Professor at Utah State University for seven years. After earning her doctorate degree she taught for 16 years at Weber State University in Teacher Education where she was, for five years, the director of the Master of Education program. She retired in 2012 and enjoys time with her husband, six children, and 15 grandchildren.

Loa Jenkins taught at Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho) for 3 years, then Utah State University for 4 years. This fall, 2014, she is retiring from the public school system after teaching early childhood special education for 16 years. She is the co-author of this textbook, Practical Guide to Early Childhood Curriculum, now in its 10th edition. She and her husband have four children and eight grandchildren.

Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN 0134057236.

Here is specific, practical help for planning, designing, and implementing effective early childhood curriculum, ages three through eight. In it, readers see clearly how children learn; what children can learn; and the specific concepts, ideas, and strategies that are developmentally appropriate for young children. Reader friendly and filled with examples, anecdotes, and practical, hands-on strategies, activities, and lesson plans, A Practical Guide to Early Childhood Curriculum looks at how to teach, while providing a solid foundation for the theoretical basis of the concepts being applied. Teachers see clearly what can be taught to young children, why it is important, and how it can be accomplished. The emphasis is on the importance of a child-centered curriculum that encompasses the whole child—physical, social, emotional, creative, and cognitive—and the focus is on the developmental needs of the children in the classroom, the cognitive areas of the curriculum, and effective methods of curriculum implementation. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded videos and assessments.

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• Future and practicing teachers get a vast array of ideas from which to plan lessons and units geared to the needs of the individual children in their classrooms. The topics and concepts presented are discussed along with approaches to teaching and specific activities and experiences for each concept.
  • Occasional lesson plans within the chapters show students how one teacher might apply the concepts in that chapter. Most lesson plans appear in Appendix A, and recipes are presented in Appendix B.
  • Concepts and Ideas for Teaching boxed sections appear in every chapter, and Student Learning Activities appear at the end of each chapter.
• Readers are keyed to practical, unique, “bright ideas” taken from the authors’ experiences in the classroom.
• Teachers get support in teaching mathematics and reading/language arts, and meeting the Common Core requirements through specific, strong chapters included for teaching these areas.
• Help for teaching all content areas—science, art, music, physical education, nutrition, and social-emotional health—is included throughout the text.
• Comprehension is enhanced through a unified chapter pedagogy, which follows a specific format: learning outcomes; introductory comments, including content information; approach to teaching; chapter summary; student learning activities; and suggested resources.

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The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos. Students get opportunities to see into real classrooms and see examples of the concepts and ideas in action through the digitally integrated video clips supporting and illustrating key chapter ideas and concepts. Every chapter includes three to six of these digital videos. (See pages 203, 226, and 349 for examples.)
• Check Your Understanding of chapter content. Exercises matched to chapter learning outcomes help readers apply the concepts and ensure that they master the learning outcomes. Exercises and suggested feedback are provided in the Pearson eText. (See pages 211, 236, and 351 for examples.)
• End of Chapter Self-Check. Embedded assessments with feedback help students review new terms and concepts and encourage reflection and discussion on the issues of the chapter. These are presented within the Pearson eText as interactive quizzes. (See pages 218, 236, and 369 for examples.)

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  • Part One includes four chapters and provides an introduction and framework for the text.
  • Part Two presents skills and concepts related to understanding and dealing with the self and others. 
  • Part Three includes six chapters that directly relate to literacy development in the early childhood years. 
  • Part Four emphasizes that young children should not only be taught to learn, memorize and take in facts, but they must also learn to think deeply—to classify, explain, investigate, question, observe, sort, wonder, synthesize, communicate, analyze, compare, hypothesize, and predict.
  • Part Five includes a chapter on music and movement (Chapter 14) and creativity, art, and dramatic activities (Chapter 15).

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