Reflecting Children's Lives: A Handbook for Planning Your Child-Centered Curriculum

Type

Book

Authors

Deb Curtis

Margie Carter

ISBN 10

1605540390

ISBN 13

9781605540399

Tags

Education Theory, Instruction Methods, Early Childhood Education, Certification & Development, Curricula, Curriculum & Instruction

Description

Make the complex task of creating a child-centered curriculum easier with the practical guidelines and ideas in this updated and expanded handbook. Learn how to sharpen your observation and documentation skills, set up your space, and transform your teaching to reflect children’s interests and needs. Insightful classroom stories, assessment tools, checklists, comparative charts, and activities encourage new approaches and self-reflection as you plan your curriculum and put it into practice. Addressing new standards in early education, two new chapters focus on teaching academics in a meaningful way and guiding children as they play and learn. Reflecting Children’s Lives is your work in progressuse it to record the development of your own thinking and practice. - from Amzon

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