Title:
Playful early childhood care and education
Author:
Excell, Lorayne, editor.
ISBN:
9781485125860
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
486 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
"Playful early childhood care and education: birth to four years" -- Publishers website.
Contents:
Early childhood care and education -- Who is the young child: Constructions of children and childhood -- A lens on development: A pathway of change-- What does it mean to be a professional? -- I am because we are: the role of community in the development and learning of the young child -- Playful pedagogies: creating playful spaces and places -- A creative and responsive curriculum for early childhood care and education -- Supporting playful teaching and learning: a pedagogy of possibilities -- Nurturing care -- Building social and emotional wellbeing -- Creativity in early childhood -- From babbles to books: literacy and the young child -- Opening the doors of learning: a playful approach to understanding the world and nurturing an inquisitive mind -- Coming to know: Observation and assessment in the early years -- ECD Policy in Practice.
Abstract:
A solid educational foundation in the early years of schooling is essential in order to lay the foundations for future academic success. In South Africa, preschool education is provided through ECE (early childhood education) facilities and programmes that are mostly informal and unregulated, however there has been much recent policy and curriculum activity in the ECE sphere. The National Development Plan (NDP), released in 2012, recognises the key role played by ECE in cognitive, social and physical development and the National Curriculum Framework: For children birth to four years (NCF) is a response to challenges that the ECE sector is facing. The NCF builds on the desired results for children in this age cohort and flows into the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) which is taught in schools from Grade R. Playful Early Childhood Care and Education: from birth to four years supports teachers and caregivers in providing playful teaching and learning guidelines for children from birth to four years of age. It offers a creative and responsive curriculum for early childhood care and education, based on a pedagogy of play, and includes suggestions for involving parents, grandparents, care givers and the broader community. -- Provided by publisher.