Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Focus on Children in First, Second, and Third Grades

List of contents

• About the Editors


• Acknowledgments


• Editors' Preface


• 1. What Is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?


• Meeting Children Where They Are


• Helping Children Reach Challenging and Achievable Goals


• 2. Teaching Children in First, Second, and Third Grades


• 3. An Overview of Development in the Primary Grades


• Physical Development


• Social and Emotional Development


• Cognitive Development


• Language and Literacy Development


• 4. Developmentally Appropriate Examples to Consider


• Creating a Caring Community of Learners


• Teaching to Enhance Development and Learning


• Planning Curriculum to Achieve Important Goals


• Assessing Children's Development and Learning


• Establishing Reciprocal Relationships With Families


• 5. Supporting Children's Learning While Meeting State Standards:


• Strategies and Suggestions for Teachers in Public School Contexts


• Trait 1: Acquire Detailed and Thorough Knowledge of


• Policies and Expectations


• Trait 2: Consider the Required Materials to Be a Starting Point


• Trait 3: Showcase Children's Engagement in Substantive Learning


• The Common Core Standards-Are They Appropriate for Young Learners?


• 6. Young Children Articles


• Implementing Research-Based Curricula: Learn From the Way We Teach Young Children


• Teacher-Made Assessments Show Children's Growth


• Using Technology as a Teaching Tool for Dual Language Learners


• Linking the Primary Classroom Environment to Learning


• Mathematical Pattern Hunters


• Five Strategies for Creating Meaningful Mathematics Experiences


• Flexible Grouping During Literacy Centers: A Model for Differentiating Instruction


• Let's SQUiNK About It! A Metacognitive Approach to Exploring Text


• Young Girls Discovering Their Voice With Literacy and Readers Theater


• Science Learning in Out-of-School Time: Family Engagement Activities and Resources


• References

About the author

Carol Copple is a highly respected early childhood education author, educator, and consultant. For 16 years she served as a senior staff member at NAEYC, and her responsibilities included directing the books program. She has taught at Louisiana State University and the New School for Social Research, and she codeveloped and directed a research-based model for preschool education at the Educational Testing Service. With Sue Bredekamp, Carol is coeditor of Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs (1997; 2009). Among her other books are Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children (NAEYC); Growing Minds: Building Strong Cognitive Foundations in Early Childhood (NAEYC); and Educating the Young Thinker: Classroom Strategies for Cognitive Growth (Lawrence Erlbaum). She received her doctorate from Cornell University.

Sue Bredekamp is an early childhood education specialist from Washington, DC. She serves as a consultant on developmentally appropriate practice, curriculum, teaching, and professional development for many state and national organizations, including NAEYC, the Council for Professional Recognition, Head Start, and Sesame Workshop. From 1981 to 1998, she was director of accreditation and professional development for NAEYC. Sue is the primary author of the 1987 edition of Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs, and coeditor (with Carol Copple) of the 1997 and 2009 revisions. She is the author of the introductory textbook Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation, 2nd Edition (Pearson). Sue was a member of the National Research Council’s Committee on Early Childhood Mathematics, and she holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Maryland.

Derry Koralek, chief publishing officer of NAEYC, oversees the development of all print and digital publishing, including books, brochures, periodicals, professional development guides, posters, and websites for educators and families. Derry is editor in chief of Young Children and TYC—Teaching Young Children.

Kathy Charner is editor in chief of NAEYC’s Books and Related Resources department, with responsibility for the content, management, publication, and general excellence of the books and brochures published by NAEYC. Before joining NAEYC, Kathy was editor in chief at Gryphon House for more than 20 years.

Summary

Explains developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) so teachers can apply DAP in their work with children in first, second, and third grades. Chapters include: What Is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?; A brief introduction to the main ideas of DAP; Teaching Children in First, Second, and Third Grades; Connecting DAP to excellent teaching; An Overview of Development in the Primary Grades.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Bredekamp
• Assisted by: Carol Copple (Editor), Derry Koralek (Editor)
• Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2014
• EAN: 9781938113048
• ISBN: 978-1-938113-04-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 278 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 514 g
• Series: DAP Focus Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system