Title:
Early childhood curriculum for all learners : integrating play and literacy activities
Author:
Selmi, Ann M., author.
ISBN:
9781452240299
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
xvi, 483 pages ; 28 cm
Contents:
Preface -- Part I. Working with young learners. The need for developmentally appropriate practices -- Learning through play -- Play and pretending -- Language and literacy development -- Collaborating with families and professionals -- Part II. Planning and designing a classroom for learning through play. Planning for effective learning -- Designing high-quality centers for learning -- Strategies for guiding play and producing high-quality learning activities -- Observing and assessing to promote learning -- Part III. Integrating play activities across the curriculum. Integrating literacy skills into the play centers -- Integrating play activities in the science centers -- Integrating play activities in the mathematics centers -- Integrating play activities in the social studies and book centers -- Integrating play activities in the creative arts centers -- References -- Glossary -- Index -- About the authors.
Abstract:
"Early Childhood Curriculum for All Learners: Integrating Play and Literacy Activities is designed to teach early childhood professionals about the latest research on play and early literacy and then to show them practical methods for adapting this research to everyday classroom practices that will encourage the development of learning skills. The author link solid, play-based research to specific developmentally appropriate practices. By combining these two areas, the text demonstrates that academic learning and play activities are highly compatible, and that children can and do develop academic skills through play. In addition, the text focuses on socio-dramatic play, a recently acknowledged, essential aspect of child-initiated play interactions. It provides specific strategies that link these interactive behaviors with the early academic skills needed for the initial primary guides. Implementation of the information presented in this book will enable children to experience a richer transition into primary education classrooms."--Back cover.