This updated edition of Focused Observations will help early childhood educators connect observation and documentation to appropriate assessment and curriculum related to early learning guidelines. Intentional teaching begins with focused observations and systematic documentation of children's learning and development. This book explains why observation is one of the best methods to get to know each child well, track progress, and plan individualized curriculum. It also provides tools and techniques to help you strengthen your observations, create portfolios with rich...
This updated edition of Focused Observations will help early childhood educators connect observation and documentation to appropriate assessmen...
Learning can happen during every minute of a child's day when you plan and teach with intention. This how-to resource provides four planning and reflecting frameworks to help you bring engaging experiences into your classroom. It describes a methodical cycle that encompasses the many elements of a successful classroom--a process of planning, implementing, observing, reflecting, and individualizing curriculum--that helps build children's academic and social skills. With step-by-step guidance and planning forms to nurture children's joy of learning, this book will help you Incorporate...
Learning can happen during every minute of a child's day when you plan and teach with intention. This how-to resource provides four planning and refle...
Every state has developed some form of early learning standards. Find out how you can apply and use them in ways that are most beneficial to children. Updated to reflect the continuing evolution of early learning standards, this book offers help and hints, support and clarification, and clear explanations of how you can make early learning standards come alive in your early childhood classroom or program. You'll find tools to communicate exactly how you are addressing children's learning as you plan for cognitive and foundational skill development, as well as suggestions to assess...
Every state has developed some form of early learning standards. Find out how you can apply and use them in ways that are most beneficial to childr...