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The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, Fifth Edition
2010, Five Volumes, Paperback
Item #: WW73749Pre-Publication
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- $149.95
The curriculum you've trusted for over three decades--now newly revised and more comprehensive than ever.
Effective and vibrant early childhood classrooms reflect a fundamental understanding of child development and best early childhood practices. For over 30 years, The Creative Curriculum® has embodied this philosophy, resting on a firm foundation of research and continually responding to new insights into what teachers need to know in order to build high-quality preschool programs.
Now newly revised into five comprehensive volumes, The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, Fifth Edition, presents the most current research and explains best practices in working with young children and families. It defines the objectives for children's development and learning that are most predictive of school success and offers strategies for promoting children's social-emotional development as well as content area skills. Clearly articulating the "what" and "why" of preschool teaching, The Creative® Curriculum for Preschool, Fifth Edition, gives teachers at all levels of experience the necessary knowledge base for preparing all children to succeed in school--and in life.
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, Fifth Edition:
- Summarizes the latest theory and most up-to-date research about children's development and learning
- Discusses the five components of teaching children effectively: how children develop and learn; the learning environment; what children learn; caring and teaching; and partnering with families
- Offers new sections on guiding children's behavior and teaching intentionally and responsively
- Provides expanded content for supporting dual-language learners
- Includes dedicated volumes for math and literacy
- Defines and incorporates 38 objectives for development and learning that are predictors of school success and tied to state early learning standards
- Is fully aligned with Teaching Strategies GOLD™, our brand-new, seamless assessment system for all children from birth through kindergarten
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, Fifth Edition, has five comprehensive volumes:
Volume 1: The Foundation presents the theory and research behind the curriculum, helps teachers translate them into practice, and explains the five components of teaching preschool children effectively.
Volume 2: Interest Areas discusses the 10 classroom interest areas and the outdoors, suggesting appropriate materials and presenting teachers with ways to promote children's development and learning.
Volume 3: Literacy gives teachers the latest research-based strategies for supporting early literacy learning, helping them to teach intentionally and incorporate language and literacy learning into everyday classroom experiences.
Volume 4: Mathematics explains the components and process skills of mathematics and provides teachers with practical strategies for promoting mathematics learning throughout the day.
Volume 5: Objectives for Development and Learning presents the 38 objectives for development and learning; user-friendly, color-coded developmental progressions that show widely-held expectations for children; and strategies to help every child progress.