02950nam 22005291 450 991014945240332120170412102323.41-4833-6002-41-4833-8164-11-4833-1167-8(CKB)3710000000933234(MiAaPQ)EBC4733093(OCoLC)1017728145(CaToSAGE)SAGE000002384(EXLCZ)99371000000093323420170412d2015 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEarly childhood curriculum for all learners integrating play and literacy activities /Ann M. Selmi, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Raymond J. Gallagher, University of Southern California, Eugenia R. Mora-Flores, University of Southern CaliforniaThousand Oaks, California :Sage Publications, Inc.,[2015]1 online resource (486 pages) illustrations1-4522-4029-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Working with young learners -- Part II. Planning and designing a classroom for learning through play -- Part III. Integrating play activities across the curriculum.Early Childhood Curriculum for All Learners: Integrating Play and Literacy Activities is designed to teach early childhood professionals about the latest research on play and early literacy and then to show them practical methods for adapting this research to everyday classroom practices that will encourage the development of learning skills. The authors link solid, play-based research to specific developmentally appropriate practices. By combining these two areas, the text demonstrates that academic learning and play activities are highly compatible, and that children can and do develop academic skills through play. In addition, the text focuses on socio-dramatic play, a recently acknowledged, essential aspect of child-initiated play interactions. It provides specific strategies that link these interactive behaviors with the early academic skills needed for the initial primary ...Early childhood educationCurriculaUnited StatesEarly childhood educationStandardsUnited StatesEarly childhood educationActivity programsUnited StatesPlayEarly childhood educationCurriculaEarly childhood educationStandardsEarly childhood educationActivity programsPlay.372.190973Selmi Ann M1058173Gallagher Raymond J.Mora-Flores Eugenia1975-CaToSAGECaToSAGEUtOrBLWBOOK9910149452403321Early childhood curriculum for all learners2497721UNINA