The Whole Child: Developmental Education for the Early Years

Education & Teaching

Hendrick, Joanne

Schools & Teaching

Merrill Pub. Co

  This text is based on primarily a constructivist philosophy and advocates designing curriculum that uses children’s emerging interests within a flexible and thoughtful teacher-guided plan.   Other characteristics include: The developmental approach emphasizes that learning should be integrated. The text addresses curriculum through discussion of the five selves: physical, emotional, social, creative, and cognitive. The authors emphasize play, cross-cultural sensitivity, and encouraging competence in young children.  The clear writing and practical examples ensure easy reading. The concise writing style, relevant examples, and practical suggestions are hallmarks of this text. Present-day emergent curriculum programs are explored in new “Emergent Curriculum in Action” features. Well-developed tables organize pertinent information. The excellent theoretical base and conceptual framework for curriculum provide understanding that will stay with students forever.  The text encourages students to respond to the needs of children, but also explains how to identify goals and objectives, incorporate them into curriculum that meets individual needs, and use developmentally appropriate assessment methods.    For a course covering Early Childhood Curriculum.

Total Learning: Developmental Curriculum for the Young Child

PRENTICE/HALL

A core methods text for the Introduction to Early Childhood Education course.With an exciting new chapter on the emergent approach to fostering cognitive skills, the new edition of this text continues a tradition of offering future teachers of children ages 2 to 5 a complete, developmental approach to early childhood education...giving them the specific skills they need to function effectively with the children in their care. Rather than stressing such curriculum topics as "art" or "science," this text focuses on the "whole child" and what he/she needs from the learning environment in order to thrive. It pictures the child as being made up of "selves" - emotional, social, physical, creative, and cognitive...examines each of those selves in turn...and recommends methods and materials for enhancing growth in each area. This popular text is unique in that it combines a practical, realistic approach with a firm foundation in pertinent research topics.

The Whole Child: Developmental Education for the Early Years (6th Edition)

Merrill Publishing Company

Written in a warm, engaging style, this book embraces a current approach to fostering cognitive skills in children ages two through five. It provides a complete developmental approach to early childhood education, giving teachers the specific skills they need to teach the whole child-emotionally, socially, physically, creatively, and cognitively. The author believes that physical and emotional health are fundamental to the well-being of children, and provides practical methods and materials that address the entire individual, not just curriculum topics. The book focuses on the five developmental “selves” of children—placing them in the context of contemporary family life and the multicultural world of today. It contains groundbreaking information about brain development, asthma, and obesity, and coverage of Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories explaining the early childhood education implications. The Reggio Emilia approach is presented throughout the book wherever its strategies are appropriate and effective, and thought-provoking comparison of the constructive emergent and conventional approaches to early childhood instruction are provided along with charts that compare the two. For teachers specializing in early childhood education.

The Whole Child: Developmental Education for the Early Years (7th Edition)

Parenting & Relationships

Parenting

Pearson College Div

Total Learning is a practical book based on forty years of teaching young children, their families, and student teachers as well as on the author's experiences with the preprimary schools in Reggio Emilia. The book advocates constructing curriculum based on emerging interests within a practical, flexible, thoughtful, teacher-made plan. Because Total Learning focuses on the developmental needs of children rather than on specific subject areas, it is divided according to the emotional, social, creative, physical, and cognitive selves. Such topics as science, art, and social studies are included, but they are incorporated into discussions about the self they predominantly benefit. The book advocates curriculum that is age-appropriate, nourished by play, and intended to encourage children to become independent, creative, thoughtful people. For teachers and future teachers specializing in Early Childhood Education.

More than a presentation of the Reggio Emilia philosophy, yet not a "how to do it" volume, this book is a progress report of the steps American and Canadian teachers have taken in the last six years toward teaching the Reggio Emilia way. Comprising chapters by the leading advocates of the Reggio Emilia approach, it examines how real teachers in real classrooms are applying the principles of Reggio Emilia on an everyday basis. By combining discussion of Reggio Emilia concepts with examples of their application in American schools, it explores this emergent curriculum and helps future teachers see how to advocate for it in their own school or program. Discusses the Reggio system's support for the rights of the very young; Multicultural coverage guides readers to an understanding of the delicate balance between school and community—gives them practical strategies for building strong community bonds; Two chapters on working with parents examine the role of parents in children's educational development and the interplay between them and their children's teachers. Illustrates through examples the Reggio Emilia approach as it happens in American schools—highlights similarities and differences between the Italian curriculum and the American, as well as between American and Italian attitudes on education, children, parents, community, and other topics. For teachers or future teachers interested in learning more about the Reggio Emilia philosophy.

Next Steps Toward Teaching the Reggio Way: Accepting the Challenge to Change

Pearson

The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Weissman, Patricia

Kaminsky, Judith Allen

Psychology & Counseling

For an Introduction to Early Childhood course. Covers ages 0-5. Written in a warm, engaging style, this text embraces the emergent approach to fostering cognitive skills in children from birth through age five. It provides a complete developmental approach to early childhood education, giving teachers the specific skills they need to teach the whole child-emotionally, socially, physically, creatively, and cognitively. The author believes that physical and emotional health are fundamental to the well-being of children and provides practical methods and materials that address the entire individual, not just curriculum topics. A strength of the book is while it focuses on the five developmental "selves" of children, it places them in the context of contemporary family life and the multicultural world of today.

The 'Whole Child : Development Education for the Early Years

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Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

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Total Learning: Developmental Curriculum for the Young Child + Myeducationlab

Written in a warm, engaging style, this book embraces the emergent approach to fostering cognitive skills in children from birth through age five. It provides a complete developmental approach to early childhood education, giving teachers the specific skills they need to teach the whole child-emotionally, socially, physically, creatively, and cognitively. The author believes that physical and emotional health are fundamental to the well-being of children and provides practical methods and materials that address the entire individual, not just curriculum topics. A strength of the book is while it focuses on the five developmental “selves” of children, it places them in the context of contemporary family life and the multicultural world of today. Included at no additional charge with every new copy of this book, the Early Childhood Settings and Approaches DVD consists of 8 video segments filmed in 2005 in various early childhood centers and schools in the Miami, Florida area. Web site links – Offered at the end of each chapter for student exploration.

Bleiker, Charles

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The Whole Child: Developmental Education for the Early Years

Total Learning: Developmental Curriculum for the Young Child

The Whole Child: Developmental Education for the Early Years (6th Edition)

The Whole Child: Developmental Education for the Early Years (7th Edition)

Total Learning: Developmental Curriculum for the Young Child

Next Steps Toward Teaching the Reggio Way: Accepting the Challenge to Change

The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years

The 'Whole Child : Development Education for the Early Years

Total Learning: Developmental Curriculum for the Young Child + Myeducationlab

The Whole Child: Developmental Education for the Early Years