ECD 210: Curriculum for Young Children

Contains guidance on how to create culturally sensitive and sustainable early childhood environments through six terms: aesthetic, authenticity, equity, dynamic, praxis, and critical reflection. Use the environment to promote a sense of wonder, curiosity and joy, and allow children to explore their identities.

Teaches how to equalize access to curriculum content while giving learners multiple ways to access and possess new knowledge.

Presents how to create a welcoming classroom culture, develop routines for self-regulation, and use Learning Stories to enhance experiences for the children in your care.

Offers information on what to look for in terms of the child's developing moving/handling skills and how to plan for next steps. Contains activities and an assessment grid to support practitioners' tracking systems to demonstrate progress over a period of time.

Contains a new method of measuring the quality of environment and pedagogy in which young children are encouraged to move and be physically active.

Contains practical, easy to follow suggestions linked to the ages and stages of the Early Years Outcomes. Offers information on what to look for in terms of the child's developing moving/handling skills and how to plan for next steps.

Covers the growth of language in a typically developing child; explores the connections between language and other aspects of human cognition, and the role of environment in learning language.

Explores how teachers can use the opportunities embedded in their classroom practices, routines, and lessons to nurture healthy behaviors in children from birth through third grade.

Provides guidance for practitioners across the entire early years provision, and a variety of ideas to inspire adult-led learning.