A Practical Guide to Early Childhood Curriculum: Linking Thematic, Emergent, and Skill-Based Planning to Children's Outcomes

by Evelyn A. Petersen

Book Overview

This comprehensive book offers easy and practical systems to organize and integrate interest-based and skill-based curriculum ideas and to effectively plan for young children. It makes ongoing lesson... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205337546
• ISBN13: 9780205337545
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Practical and Useful Information for ECE Students

This book helped me so much when I took early childhood education classes at the community college. It was easy to read and understand as an overview of early childhood education and it followed a logical "Who, What, Where, When and Why" format in the early chapters. Then it actually gave simple and effective systems for doing individualized teaching and keeping track of it, which is a requirement in today's early childhood programs. In addition it gave an excellent appendix of what to expect developmentally from children birth to age eight, AND another appendix that provides a system of time blocks for doing lesson planning for 3-5 year olds that matches up with the child's continually changing and evolving development. This book was the most useful book for teaching young children that I have ever used, bar none, and I highly recommend it for communitiy colleges and also for teachers already in the field. It could be easily used for inservice training. It's my "handbook" for everything I need to do in curriculumn planning now that I teach in a preschool; I would never resell it. Chris Strader SC

Just What ECE's Need

I used this book in an ECE Curriculum Development and Techniques course while earning my MA. I found the information relevant, specific and easy to read. It was not overwhelming with un-heard-of concepts and it was very current in the theories and ideas presented. I would recommend this book to teachers, daycare providers and homeschoolers who are looking to improve their knowledge of integrated curriculum, and those who develop their own curriculum as a guideline book to being successful.

Outstanding Early Childhood Curriculum Resource

This book is an excellent resource for preschool teachers who make curriculum decisions and develop activities in the best interest of their students!

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The book was in great condition and it did not take too long to get to me. Thank you

Great Practically Written Book

I used this book in my early childhood curriculum class while earning my masters. After reading it, I realized how much curriculum knowledge I learned without getting the theory stuck in my way. I love theoretically based information-injecting, but I relished this book due to my past familiarity with the early childhood fathers. I knew of Piaget, Vygotsky, Montessori, Kamii, Froebel, and the like. I needed some practical information, not those basics. This book hit the spot. Please try it.