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The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos, Second Edition
by Diane Trister Dodge, Sherrie Rudick, Kai-leé Berke 447 Pages, 2006, 8.5" x 11" paperback
Item #: WW7996- Price:
- $49.95
Spanish edition of The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos is available here.
The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos helps teachers appreciate and find joy in the everyday discoveries that delight a child--the sound a rattle makes; the leaves blowing in circles by the wind; the ball that unexpectedly rolls across a child's path; the ants marching across the pavement. It is a comprehensive curriculum that helps teachers achieve the very best program for children under three. If the interactions children have are nurturing, consistent, and loving, and the experiences they have are appropriately challenging, then infants, toddlers, and twos grow and flourish. In such an environment, children learn to trust and joyfully explore their surroundings, making discoveries and developing a sense of themselves as competent learners and caring human beings.
This new edition retains its focus on building relationships, responsive care, and routines and experiences, but updates the curriculum in many important ways:
- Uses the same organizational structure as The Creative Curriculum for Preschool to create continuity for programs.
- Introduces The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos to help teachers thoughtfully observe children, and use what they learn to be responsive to children's interests and needs.
- Links curriculum and assessment to allow teachers to be intentional about the experiences they offer infants, toddlers, and twos while retaining the flexibility to be responsive to the changing needs and abilities of young children.
- Addresses language and literacy, math, and science, because very young children are already exploring ideas and developing important skills that become the building blocks for future learning.
- Offers specific guidance on how to really meet the needs of children with disabilities and how to include them in the program.
- Highlights the research and theory on which the curriculum is based and the implications for everyday practice.
- Lots of practical advice on creating a responsive environment and individualizing care for infants, toddlers, and twos.