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Preface

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    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