California Infant-Toddler Curriculum FrameworkCreated as a companion publication
to the California Infant/Toddler Learning
and Development Foundations, this
framework supports caregivers as they
strive to make teaching responsive and
meaningful for infants and toddlers.
It presents strategies and information
to enrich learning and development opportunities and provides a structure that infant/toddler providers and administrators can use to make informed decisions as they plan learning environments and experiences for our youngest children. Like the infant/toddler foundations, the framework is based on current research on how infants and toddlers learn and develop in four domains: (1) social–emotional, (2) language, (3) cognitive, and (4) perceptual and motor development.
California Infant/Toddler Learning & Development FoundationsThe California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations represents part of the California Department of Education’s (CDE’s) comprehensive effort to strengthen young children’s learning and development through high-quality early care and education. The foundations describe competencies infants and toddlers typically attain during the birth-to-three-year period. In order to make developmental progress, young children need appropriate nurturing. Both supportive home environments and high-quality early care and education programs can facilitate children’s attainment of the competencies specified in the foundations by providing safe environments and an emotionally secure base for active, playful exploration and experimentation.
NAEYC position statement on Early Childhood Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation
Early Childhood Curriculum, Assessment, and Program EvaluationThis resource is based on the 2003 Joint Position Statement of theNational Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the
National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of
Education (NAECS/SDE). It includes the statement of position, recommendations, and indicators of effectiveness of the position statement, as well as an overview of relevant trends and issues, guiding principles and values, a rationale for each recommendation, frequently asked questions, and developmental charts.
Wilson Library resources on early childhood curriculum
The Coombes Approach by Susan Rowe; Susan HumphriesOver the last 40 years the Coombes School in Berkshire, UK, has developed an international reputation for its innovative approach to Nursery and Infant teaching. In this book Sue Humphries, the founder of the school, and Sue Rowe, the former headteacher, explore the principles behind the school and how others can learn from its approach. In particular, the book focuses on the innovative use of the school' s environment as a unique 'outdoor classroom' and the development of a sustainable and safe environment in which pupils can play and learn. The Coombes Approach covers a comprehensive range of topics from curriculum design, pastoral care and the wider policy and community contexts in which the school has operated. Supported by an online resource bank of pictures of the school environment and pupils' activities, this is an essential read for school leaders seeking to learn from the successes of the Coombes School's unique approach to teaching.
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780826440440
Publication Date: 2012-07-05
Developmental Education for Young Children by Bert Van OersDevelopmental Education is an approach to education in school that aims at promoting children's cultural development and their abilities to participate autonomously and well-informed in the cultural practices of their community. From the point of view of Cultural-historical Activity theory (CHAT), a play-based curriculum has been developed over the past decades for primary school, which presents activity contexts for pupils in the classroom that create learning and teaching opportunities for helping pupils with appropriating cultural knowledge, skills, and moral understandings in meaningful ways. The approach is implemented in numerous Dutch primary schools classrooms with the explicit intention to support the learning of both pupils and teachers. The book focuses especially on education of young children (4 - 8 years old) in primary school and presents the underpinning concepts of this approach, and chapters on examples of good practices in a variety of subject matter areas, such as literacy (vocabulary acquisition, reading, writing), mathematics, and arts. Successful implementation of Developmental Education in the classroom strongly depends on dynamic assessment and continuous observations of young pupils' development. Strategies for implementation of both the teaching practices and assessment strategies are discussed in detail in the book.
Handbook of Early Childhood Education by Robert C. Pianta (Editor); W. Steven Barnett (Editor); Laura M. Justice (Editor); Susan M. Sheridan (Editor); Susan M. Sheridan (Editor)Comprehensive and authoritative, this forward-thinking book reviews the breadth of current knowledge about early education and identifies important priorities for practice and policy. Robert C. Pianta and his associates bring together foremost experts to examine what works in promoting all children's school readiness and social-emotional development in preschool and the primary grades. Exemplary programs, instructional practices, and professional development initiatives-and the systems needed to put them into place-are described. The volume presents cutting-edge findings on the family and social context of early education and explores ways to strengthen collaboration between professionals and parents.
Power Play by Tim Kinard; Jesse Gainer; Mary Esther Soto Huerta
ISBN: 9781433134142
Publication Date: 2017-11-30
infant-toddler curriculum
Infant-toddler curriculum and individualizationInfant/Toddler Curriculum and Individualization is one of three infant/
toddler modules created to support consultants working in child care
settings, especially consultants who have not had education or training
specific to infants and toddlers in group care. These modules were designed
to complement training offered to early childhood consultants through the
National Training Institute at the Department of Maternal and Child Health,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill