Focus on Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Equitable and Joyful Learning with Infants and Toddlers
Marie L Masterson editor Ron Grady editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:National Association for the Education of Young Children
Published:24th Oct '24
Should be back in stock very soon
What Does Developmentally Appropriate Practice Look Like in an Infant and Toddler Program?
If you’ve ever wondered how effective teachers actually do DAP with very young children, this is the book for you. Here, you can peek into classrooms to see teachers making intentional decisions in key areas of practice. These areas form the six guidelines for DAP in action:
- 1. Building a community where everyone is welcomed and supported to grow
- 2. Facilitating reciprocal partnerships with families
- 3. Observing, assessing, and documenting children’s development and learning
- 4. Using teaching strategies that enhance learning for each child
- 5. Implementing curriculum tied to meaningful learning goals
- 6. Demonstrating professionalism
You’ll discover
- More about what each guideline means for working with infants and toddlers and their families
- Chapters that showcase articles from Young Children and NAEYC book excerpts—plus brand-new content—illustrating excellent teaching strategies related to each guideline
- Examples you can model, adapt, and implement in your own practice
Enrich and deepen your teaching, and enable children’s learning to flourish!
Providing appropriate care for infants and toddlers is crucial to their overall growth and development. This book provides a well-designed road map for caregivers to create developmentally appropriate experiences. Each chapter describes functional and practical ways for caregivers to support and nurture children and families.
-Thomasa Bond, PhD, Author and Founder, Early Childhood Education Growth
This text honors a deep respect for young children while artfully balancing research, theory, and science with clear and usable guiding principles, inquiries, and vignettes written directly to teachers.
-Kim Frusciante, Founder and CEO, Early Partners
This volume from NAEYC is an excellent guide to developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in early childhood education. Putting research in context and illustrated with real-life stories from infant and toddler teachers in the field, the book offers DAP-aligned strategies for implementing the core principles and guidelines in everyday settings and routines with young children and families, alongside prompts for insight and reflection. This book promises to be a significant resource for both new teachers becoming immersed in their practice and more experienced teachers seeking fresh approaches and ideas. A compelling resource for the 0-3 workforce.
-Bela Mote, President and CEO, Carole Robertson Center for Learning
ISBN: 9781952331282
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152 pages