| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-06-30 | | Series: | Innovations |
| Size | | Length: | 640 pages | | Height: | 10.8 in | | Width: | 8.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 61.6 oz |
Publisher's Note Designed for teachers of 3- to 5-year-olds, this complete curriculum book focuses on how teachers can encourage, facilitate and stimulate children to learn and grown. The book identifies, explains and supports the major developmental tasks of preschool children, including adjusting to school, making friends, exploring roles, communicating, problem-solving and expressing feelings. It contains a comprehensive appendix, planning tools and an array of useful teaching strategies. Each chapter discusses child development theory and relates theory to the practice in a way every teacher can understand and implement. Planning pages, webs, lists of materials, equipment and resources, numerous activities for children, and comprehensive observation/assessment lists help teachers ensure a happy, healthy learning experience for every preschooler.
Responding to children?s interests is at the heart of emergent curriculum and central to the Innovations approach to early childhood education. Designed for teachers of three- to five-year-olds, Innovations: The Comprehensive Preschool Curriculum focuses on encouraging, facilitating, and stimulating children?s development. It addresses major developmental milestones that all preschool children face, such as adjusting to school, making friends, exploring roles, communicating, and problem solving. This book focuses on seven critical components that contribute to a successful preschool program: Observation/Assessment Tools, Developmental Tasks, Experiences and Activities, Interactive Experiences, Child Development Theory, The Classroom Environment and Family Participation and Involvement.
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