Early Education Curriculum: A Child’s Connection to the World

This comprehensive text presents developmentally appropriate early education curriculum for children from birth through 8 years old. Throughout the text, the emphasis is on addressing each child's individual needs, abilities, interests, and cultural diversity. Chapters include numerous pedagogical features, including an overview, guidance tips, guidelines for parental involvement, mulicultural activities, afterviews, exploration assignments, and additional readings. The instructor's manual and test bank include guidelines for student observation and participation with children, chapter summaries, and competencies, topics for class discussions, student activity worksheets, and chapter tests.