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Explain the importance of a collaborative approach to working with families. Curriculum as a Collaboration with Families and the Community Yellow Dog Productions / Getty Images Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Explain the importance of a collaborative approach to working with families. Summarize accepted principles, effective strategies, and typical […]

Curriculum as a Collaboration with Families and the Community Yellow Dog Productions / Getty Images Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Explain the importance of a collaborative approach to working with families. Summarize accepted principles, effective strategies, and typical challenges for understanding and working with families. Explain how teachers can

What themes can you identify that run throughout early childhood curriculum? Developmental knowledge about infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and children in the primary grades should guide and inform the decisions that teachers make about curriculum. While we expect children to achieve specific developmental milestones in the physical, affective, and cognitive domains, growth and learning occur

what kind of things did you enjoy doing the most and how do you think your play experiences supported your growth and development? Developmental knowledge about infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and children in the primary grades should guide and inform the decisions that teachers make about curriculum. While we expect children to achieve specific developmental

What do you think will be most challenging as you work at learning and understanding how to teach from a developmental perspective? \ Developmental knowledge about infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and children in the primary grades should guide and inform the decisions that teachers make about curriculum. While we expect children to achieve specific developmental

Cognitive Domain iStockphoto/Thinkstock The cognitive development of children in the primary grades is best supported when they can engage in integrated learning that is closely related to their interests; this kindergarten child is working on her science journal. Given the characteristics of primary children previously mentioned, curriculum for this age group best complements cognitive development

Affective Domain Erikson characterizes the years when children are in the primary grades as those when they are highly motivated psychologically to be industrious but also extremely vulnerable to feelings of inferiority. The primary school curriculum should therefore provide for an individualized approach that encourages children to use their energy and motivation to become fully

Important curriculum features for cognitive development include: Access and opportunities to observe their surroundings and the people in them Games and activities that promote the concept of object permanence, awareness that objects or people that are out of sight still exist Opportunities to play with toys and sensory materials that develop early concepts of cause

Cognitive Domain While many of the behaviors of very young infants are driven by instinctive survival needs, they react, respond, and begin to acquire mental concepts (schema) as a result of interaction with their environment from birth. Infancy and the toddler periods are incredibly important for cognitive development, as all later intellectual functioning is based

Development and Curriculum across the Early Childhood Years This final section of the chapter examines how the developmental characteristics of children at different times influence the way curriculum is conceived to meet their needs and interests. Infants and Toddlers Good curriculum for infants and toddlers is significantly different from curriculum for preschool and older children