Curriculum for Early Childhood Education | Book One

Table of Contents

Section I: Understanding How Children Learn

• Chapter 1: Foundations in Early Childhood Curriculum: Connecting Theory & Practice
• Chapter 2: The Importance of Play and Intentional Teaching

Section II: Developing Curriculum to Support Children's Learning

• Chapter 3: The Cycle of Curriculum Planning
• Chapter 4: Developing Curriculum for a Play Centered Approach

Section III: Setting the Stage for Children's Learning

• Chapter 5: Setting the Stage for Play: Environments
• Chapter 6: Guiding Behavior and Managing the Classroom

Section IV: Planning for Children's Learning

• Introduction to Planning for Preschoolers
• Chapter 7: Social and Emotional Development
• Chapter 8: Language and Literacy
• Chapter 9: Mathematics
• Chapter 10: Science
• Chapter 11: Creative Arts
• Chapter 12: History & Social Science
• Chapter 13: Physical Development
• Chapter 14: Health and Safety
• Introduction to Planning for Other Ages
• Chapter 15: What Curriculum Looks Like for Infants and Toddlers
• Chapter 16: What Curriculum Looks Like for School-Age Children

Section V: Making Children's Learning Visible

• Chapter 17: Documentation and Assessment

About the Book

Welcome to learning about how to effectively plan curriculum for young children. This textbook will address:

• Developing curriculum through the planning cycle
• Theories that inform what we know about how children learn and the best ways for teachers to support learning
• The three components of developmentally appropriate practice
• Importance and value of play and intentional teaching
• Different models of curriculum
• Process of lesson planning (documenting planned experiences for children)
• Physical, temporal, and social environments that set the stage for children’s learning
• Appropriate guidance techniques to support children’s behaviors as the self-regulation abilities mature.
• Planning for preschool-aged children in specific domains including
• Physical development
• Language and literacy
• Math
• Science
• Creative (the visual and performing arts)
• Diversity (social science and history)
• Health and safety
• How curriculum planning for infants and toddlers is different from planning for older children
• Supporting school-aged children’s learning and development in out-of-school time through curriculum planning
• Making children’s learning visible through documentation and assessment

About the Contributors

Authors

Jennifer Paris

Kristin Beeve

Clint Springer