Full Description
If you've ever wondered how effective teachers actually do DAP in kindergarten, this is the book for you. You will see how kindergarten educators provide integrated learning opportunities that you can adapt to create a robust learning environment that is play oriented and supportive of required mandates and expectations.
You'll read about educators making intentional decisions in key areas of practice, which form the six guidelines for DAP in action:
Building a strengths-based community where everyone is welcomed and supported to grow and learn
Facilitating reciprocal partnerships with families
Observing, assessing, and documenting children's learning and development
Using teaching strategies that enhance learning for each child
Implementing curriculum tied to meaningful learning goals
Demonstrating professionalism
This book will inspire you to apply these guidelines to establish goals and create learning experiences that fit who and where your students are and advocate for practices and environments that facilitate equitable, joyful learning for all kindergartners.
Contents
About the Editors
Focus on Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Equitable and Joyful Learning Book Series
Developmentally Appropriate Practice: An Introduction
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Kindergarten
Part 1: Creating a Caring, Equitable Community of Learners
Chapter 1: Successful Transitions to and out of Kindergarten: Supporting Children and Families | Eva Phillips and Amy Scrinzi
Chapter 2: Routines, Rituals, and Mantras for Building a Joyful Classroom in Kindergarten: Reflections from Our Small Mountain Community Classrooms | Lee Messer and Marylee Sease
Chapter 3: Supporting SelfRegulation and Autonomy in Kindergarten: One Teacher's Journey | Amy D. Blessing
Chapter 4: How Do I See Myself? How Do Others See Me? Exploring Identity in Kindergarten | Doriet Berkowitz
Chapter 5: Becoming Upended: Teaching and Learning About Race and Racism with Young Children and Their Families | Kirsten Cole and Diandra Verwayne
Part 2: Engaging in Reciprocal Partnerships with Families and Fostering Community Connections;
Chapter 6: Developing Culturally Responsive Family Partnerships in Kindergarten: Communicating About the Value of Play and Honoring Families' Funds of Knowledge | Iris Chin Ponte and Yvonne LiuConstant
Chapter 7: Family Math Stories: Math for CrossCultural Connections and Community | Hannah Kye
Chapter 8: Exploring Families' Language Practices Through a Social Studies Inquiry in Kindergarten | Ivana Espinet, Maite T. Sánchez, Sabrina Poms, and Elizabeth Menendez
Chapter 9: Being the Bridge: Supporting the Families of Kindergartners Whose Primary Language Is Not English | Laura C. RodríguezPérez
Part 3: Observing, Documenting, and Assessing Children's Development and Learning
Chapter 10: Authentic Assessment and Playful Learning: Purposeful Assessment of Children's Understanding | Kimberly T. Nesbitt, Elias Blinkoff, and Kathy HirshPasek
Chapter 11: Observing, Planning, Guiding: How an Intentional Teacher Meets Standards Through Play | Patricia McDonald/li>
Chapter 12: Assessment in Kindergarten: Meeting Children Where They Are | Amy D. Blessing
Chapter 13: Assessing Young Children in the Inclusive Classroom: Using Data to Create Equitable and Joyful Learning Experiences for All | Christan Coogle and Heather Walter
Chapter 14: Adding Play and HandsOn Learning into the Kindergarten Classroom: Balancing Mandated Curricula and Assessments with Developmentally Appropriate Practice | Kacey Edgington and Amy Prosser
Part 4: Teaching to Enhance Each Child's Development and Learning
Chapter 15: Centers in Kindergarten: When Do You Have Time for That? | Juliana Harris
Chapter 16: The Fine Art of Scaffolding Kindergarten Learners | Elena Bodrova, Barbara WilderSmith, and Deborah Leong
Chapter 17: Joyful Learning Through Science Inquiry Projects: Snails and Letter Learning | Melissa Fine;
Chapter 18: "There's a Story in My Picture!" Connecting Art, Literacy, and Drama Through Storytelling | Bonnie Ripstein
Chapter 19: Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts in Kindergarten | Katie Schrodt, Erin FitzPatrick, Bonnie A. Barksdale, Brandi Nunnery, and Michelle Medlin Hasty
Chapter 20: The Healing Power of Play | Laura J. Colker and Sarah Erdman
Part 5: Planning and Implementing an Engaging Curriculum to Achieve Meaningful Goals
Chapter 21: Engaging and Enriching: The Key to Developmentally Appropriate Academic Rigor | Shannon RileyAyers and Alexandra FiguerasDaniel
Chapter 22: Incorporating PlayBased Learning into the Kindergarten Classroom | Margi Bhansali, Alli Bizon, and Erean Mei
Chapter 23: Finding Joy in Kindergarten Mathematics | Lauren Solarski
Chapter 24: Joyful and Equity in Literacy: The Intersection of Access and Opportunity | Ryan LeeJames and Stacey Wallen
Chapter 25: Adapting the Curriculum to Incorporate Student Inquiry Through Teachable Moments | Sabrina Burroughs
Part 6: Demonstrating Professionalism as an Early Childhood Educator
Chapter 26: Portraits of Teacher Leadership | Jessica Jackson, Samantha Mehrlich, Yolanda A. Sawyer, and Susan Choplin
Chapter 27: Agency and Power in Young Children's Lives: Five Ways to Advocate for Social Justice as an Early Childhood Educator | Jennifer Keys Adair and Shubhi Sachdeva
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