Early Childhood Curriculum: Developmental Bases for Learning and Teaching [Paperback]

• Includes expanded and updated information on teaching children in ELL programs, giving teachers differentiated instruction throughout the text for students who are learning English in the classroom.
• Includes expanded and updated information on teaching children from diverse backgrounds and with differing abilities, recognizing that different students have different needs and that all types of learners can be accommodated in the classroom.
• Contains in-depth coverage of government legislation and key research, such as NCLB and state standards. This information lets readers can see how legislation impacts preschool and primary-grade programs and understand both the positive and negative implications the legislation has for learning and teaching.
• Emphasizes a more balanced approach to early literacy that teaches the reader to incorporate multiple approaches to reading rather than any single one.
• Adds more examples of integrating social studies and physical education curriculum with state standards and gives teachers the tools to address and implement this integrated curriculum.
• Adds more examples of how teachers implement integrated curriculum in chapters on math and science so that readers will better understand how to address state standards in constructivist, integrated curriculum.

With a solid theoretical focus and child-centered approach, Early Childhood Curriculum stresses the importance of students understanding the foundations of their field before they develop and use quality teaching and instruction programs. The text strikes a balance between the most current research and trends with classic theories to create a working basis for developing curlƒ.