Developmentally Appropriate Practice : Birth To Eight (95 - Old Edition)

This book focuses on the best ways to help children develop and learn. It stresses how to implement theoretical understandings in the real environments of the classroom and childcare setting and includes clear discussions and examples of how to implement developmentally appropriate practices in order to nurture the development of the whole child.

Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1:Defining Developmentally Appropriate Practice: What It Is. Chapter 2: Defining Developmentally Appropriate Practice: What It Is Not. Chapter 3: Play in Developmentally Appropriate Practice. Chapter 4: Planning for Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum. Chapter 5: Developmentally Appropriate Social/Emotional Environments: For Infants. Chapter 6: Developmentally Appropriate Social/Emotional Environments: For Toddlers. Chapter 7: Developmentally Appropriate Social/Emotional Environments: For Preschoolers. Chapter 8: Developmentally Appropriate Social/Emotional Environments: For Primary Aged. Chapter 9: Developmentally Appropriate Cognitive/Language Environments: For Infants. Chapter 10: Developmentally Appropriate Cognitive/Language Environments: For Toddlers. Chapter 11: Developmentally Appropriate Cognitive/Language Environments: For Preschoolers. Chapter 12: Developmentally Appropriate Cognitive/Language Environments: For Primary Aged. Chapter 13: Steps Towards More Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Helping Teachers Change To More Appropriate Practice. Chapter 14: Helping Parents and Communities Understand Developmentally Appropriate Practice. Chapter 15: A Look at Developmentally Appropriate Programs.