Infants and toddlers curriculum and teaching /
Teri Jo Swim.
- 7th
- Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2011.
- xxiii, 504 p.: ill. 23 cm.
Includes index
pt. I: Infant-toddler development and professional educator preparation -- 1. A developmental perspective on educating infants and toddlers -- Theories of child development -- Valuing cultural diversity -- 2. Birth to thirty-six months: physical and cognitive / language developmental patterns -- Differences between development and learning -- Patterns of physical development -- Patterns of cognitive / language development -- Children with special rights -- 3. Birth to thirty-six months: social and emotional developmental patterns -- Patterns of emotional development -- Patterns of social development -- Children with special rights -- 4. The three As: the master tools for quality care and education -- The three As: Attention, approval, and attunement -- The attachment debate and the roles of caregivers -- Understanding the three As -- Using the three As successfully with infants and toddlers -- 5. Effective preparation and tools for professional educators -- Characteristics of a competent early childhood educator -- Acquiring knowledge -- About yourself -- About children -- About families -- About early child care and education -- About program implementation -- About partnerships -- About advocacy -- Professional preparation of the early childhood educator -- Impact of teacher education on quality of care and education -- Observing young children to make educational decisions -- Observe and record -- Assess and evaluate -- Using data gathered -- pt. II: Establishing a positive learning environment -- 6. Building relationships with and guiding the behaviors of infants and toddlers -- Reggio Emilia approach to infant-toddler education