About This Book
What Is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
The Main Idea
Deciding What Is Developmentally Appropriate
How Young Children Learn and Develop
The Developmentally Appropriate Practitioner
Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practice
1. Create a Caring Community of Learners
2. Teach to Enhance Development and Learning
3. Plan Appropriate Curriculum
4. Assess Children’s Development and Learning
5. Develop Reciprocal Relationships with Families
FAQs
A Changing Picture: Children at 0–9 Months, 8–18 Months, and 16–36
Months
References
Resources
Eva C. Phillips, EdD, is assistant professor at Winston-Salem State University. A former kindergarten teacher, Eva also served as President of the North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children from 2009–2013.
Amy Scrinzi, EdD, is a Race-to-the-Top Early Learning Challenge Grant Project Lead at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. A former classroom teacher, she has taught preschool through third grade.
"Amy Scrinzi and Eva Phillips have immersed themselves in kindergarten best practices for years. They now use their expertise and skills to illuminate the mindset, processes, and practices essential to make kindergarten a place where children truly learn and develop in appropriate ways." —Sharon Ritchie, senior scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "While reading this book I was reminded time and time again of why I LOVE teaching kindergarten! This book supports kindergarten teachers’ efforts to create classroom environments where students develop a love and appreciation for learning, a sense of their competence and ability to make choices, and the sheer joy, wonder, and discovery that come with learning in the early years." — Shakera Walker, senior manager, Teacher Leadership, and former kindergarten teacher, Boston Public Schools
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