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Does Your Curriculum Dictate or Provide Direction? Given the innumerable different kinds of locations, classroom shapes, sizes, and building designs, it would be almost impossible for a curriculum to dictate exactly what a classroom or care space should look like. Curricula do, however, to varying degrees, implicitly or explicitly suggest and guide decisions about what […]

Creating a Physical Environment for Your Curriculum Susan Woog-Wagner / Getty Images Children use a variety of materials to explore concepts about water, including different-sized containers (in which they can pour the water back and forth) and objects that sink and float. The physical environment is a powerful messenger, and “every environment implies a set

  Table 6.1: Water Table Activities Prompts and Facilitation Strategies Materials Monday Generate and record ideas about why objects sink or float in water; examine a variety of materials for experimentation; chart childrens predictions Paper clips; marbles; recycled styrofoam packing peanuts trays and soda/water bottles; paper plates; bottle caps; wood scraps; aluminum foil; paper cups;

Integrating Developmental Principles and Beliefs In considering our opening vignette, you may have wondered how an open-ended, comprehensive play-based curriculum could be compatible with planning and scheduling for a teacher-directed supplemental literacy program. Curricular activities may be conceptually organized by developmental domains or by academic content areas, but the planning process for any curriculum should

What would you do if you were paired with a teacher whose views about learning and curriculum differ significantly from yours?   6.1Contextual Factors That Affect Planning Regardless of where you teach, your circumstances (or context) will impact your planning. Among the most important factors that affect planning are the curriculum, the children, their families,

What will you do to begin establishing an effective, professional relationship? How do you feel about working with another teacher or assistant teacher? What will you do to begin establishing an effective, professional relationship? 6.1Contextual Factors That Affect Planning Regardless of where you teach, your circumstances (or context) will impact your planning. Among the most

How do you feel about working with another teacher or assistant teacher? What will you do to begin establishing an effective, professional relationship? 6.1Contextual Factors That Affect Planning Regardless of where you teach, your circumstances (or context) will impact your planning. Among the most important factors that affect planning are the curriculum, the children, their

What approach will you take to organize your ideas? Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Describe factors that affect the planning context. Describe important considerations for planning the environment. Explain the types of resources available to teachers for planning. Describe a continuum of approaches to planning and how they are

How will you plan curriculum activities in ways that are developmentally appropriate and flexible? Brand X Pictures / Thinkstock Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Describe factors that affect the planning context. Describe important considerations for planning the environment. Explain the types of resources available to teachers for planning. Describe

With all of this in mind, how might you begin making decisions about how to arrange the classroom? Brand X Pictures / Thinkstock Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Describe factors that affect the planning context. Describe important considerations for planning the environment. Explain the types of resources available to