Discusses how to recognize children's interests through observation and create themes and curriculum that are developmentally appropriate and based on those interests. Contains checklists, practical suggestions, and stories from practitioners.Written by well-known early childhood educators who emphasize a child-centered curriculum and who eschew a "cookie-cutter" teacher-directed curriculum. A core text for Curriculum in Early Childhood Education in College of Education, department of Early Childhood Education or in Child and Family Studies department.

Reflecting Children's Lives: A Handbook for Planning Child-Centered Curriculum (Merrill Education/Redleaf Press College Textbook)

Education & Teaching

Carter, Margie

Curtis, Deb

Schools & Teaching

Prentice Hall College Div.

Different from other similar books, this book is organized in chapters by what children do--explore and invent, use their senses, seek drama and adventure, connect with nature, espress themselves through literacy activities--and how to observe these behaviors. Other chapters include how to record, document, and display observations. A very practical book written by well-known authors in the field. A core or supplemental text for Observation or Assessment in Early Childhood Education courses in Early Childhood Education department or in Child and Family Studies department.

The Art of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching

Pearson College Div

Puts some of the best ideas about teaching and learning into action with innovative training tools and strategies. Helps teachers construct their own knowledge and respect their own learning styles so they can help children do the same. Includes an eight-week course on child-centered curriculum planning.

Training Teachers: A Harvest of Theory and Practice

Parenting & Relationships

Jones, Elizabeth

Parenting

Redleaf Press

A collection of teaching and learning stories to inspire an everyday practice of reflection, observation, and joyful presence with children. See 2nd image for details.

Really Seeing Children: A Collection of Teaching and Learning Stories

Exchange Press

An inspiring and practical guide to creating a larger vision in early child care, this popular professional development tool has been thoroughly revised and offers a concrete framework for organizing an early childhood center director's ideas and work. Updated and expanded, it reflects new requirements and initiatives for center directors and addresses topics including cultivating a vision, developing "systems thinking" for management roles, implementing principles and strategies for mentoring, building a learning community for adults and children, and bringing visions to life. The Visionary Director provides directors with information to perform their jobs with motivation and creativity.

The Visionary Director, Second Edition: A Handbook for Dreaming, Organizing, and Improvising in Your Center

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Make the complex task of creating a child-centered curriculum easier with the practical guidelines and ideas in this updated and expanded handbook. Learn how to sharpen your observation and documentation skills, set up your space, and transform your teaching to reflect children’s interests and needs. Insightful classroom stories, assessment tools, checklists, comparative charts, and activities encourage new approaches and self-reflection as you plan your curriculum and put it into practice. Addressing new standards in early education, two new chapters focus on teaching academics in a meaningful way and guiding children as they play and learn. Reflecting Children’s Lives is your work in progressuse it to record the development of your own thinking and practice.

Reflecting Children's Lives: A Handbook for Planning Your Child-Centered Curriculum

The art of observing children is more than merely the act of watching themit is also using what you see and hear to craft new opportunities in your classroom. This resource provides a wealth of inspiration and practice. It will help you learn to observe in new ways. You’ll witness children’s remarkable competencies as they experience childhood, and find new joy in your work with children. This book includes Ten study sessions to help you advance your skills and practice observing children from different points of view Stories, photographs, and classroom reflections modeling the ways observation can be used and displayed in your own teaching Activities to help you notice and appreciate what you see New ideas and strategies to organize your observations, share them with colleagues and families, and apply them to planning and assessment processes Emphasis on cultural awareness, observing through an objective lens, and using technology as an observation tool By learning the art and skill of observation, you can change your teaching for the better. 
Deb Curtis and Margie Carter are popular presenters at early childhood conferences, professional development speakers, and on-site consultants. They have written several books together, including Learning Together with Young Children and Designs for Living and Learning.

The Art of Awareness, Second Edition: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching (NONE)

Reference

Enhance the quality of your teaching with collaborative, critical, and reflective thinking Teaching young children is complex work. While you manage the day-to-day events that unfold in your classroom you also have to keep up with the demands of assessment and documentation. With all these challenges, how can you maintain the equally important tasks of encouraging children’s curiosity and supporting their joy of learning? How can you sustain your own curious mind and joyful spirit in your work? Reflecting with other teachers in a community of practice can strengthen your abilities to respond to the children in your classroom and share meaningful experiences with them. This workbook is designed to be used with a groupa community of practicebut it can also be a self-study tool. The exercises help you to understand and practice the key elements of reflective teaching. Ten study sessions provide opportunities to engage with peers as you collaborate and connect theory and best practices in your classrooms. These experiences will help you evaluate and grow your reflective teaching skills; use the Thinking Lens™ protocol to align your daily work with your larger goals, values, and vision; gain a heightened sense of self-awareness and a stronger image of children; examine the details of your environment; and challenge yourself with new perspectives. 
Deb Curtis, Debbie Lebo, Wendy C.M. Cividanes, and Margie Carter each have more than thirty years of experience teaching young children and adults. They lead professional development initiatives for child care organizations and are highly respected presenters and trainers across the country.

Reflecting in Communities of Practice: A Workbook for Early Childhood Educators

Lebo, Debbie

Cividanes, Wendy C.M.

You likely have dreams for your early childhood environment that are greater than rating scales, regulations, and room arrangements. Designs for Living and Learning has been a favorite resource among educators and caregivers for more than a decade, and this new edition is packed with even more ideas that can be used as you create captivating environments that nurture children, families, and staff while supporting children's learning. With hundreds of all-new colorful photographs of real early learning settings and a multitude of simple and practical concepts for creative indoor and outdoor spaces and learning materials, this book truly is a source of inspiration as you learn how to shape welcoming spaces where children can learn and grow. Expanded chapters include new information reflecting current trends and concerns in early childhood, such as the use of repurposed and nontraditional materials, children in the outdoors, alternative ways to think about providing for learning outcomes, facing and overcoming barriers and negotiating change, and the impact of environmental rating scales in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). Two new chapters are included, one highlighting the transformations of environments with before and after photos and outlines of the process, and the other with examples of soliciting children's ideas about the environment.
Deb Curtis and Margie Carter are internationally acclaimed experts in early childhood. They host three-day institutes and professional development seminars for early childhood professionals; consult with early childhood programs across North America, Australia, and New Zealand; and have written many books together.

Designs for Living and Learning, Second Edition: Transforming Early Childhood Environments

This limited edition of the updated Designs for Living and Learning includes a special letter from the authors, new photographs, and reflective essays from Margie and Deb. This keepsake is a wonderful addition to any early childhood professional's library. This best-selling book outlines hundreds of ways early childhood professionals can create inviting environments where children learn and grow.

Arts & Photography

Architecture

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Reflecting Children's Lives: A Handbook for Planning Child-Centered Curriculum (Merrill Education/Redleaf Press College Textbook)

The Art of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching

Training Teachers: A Harvest of Theory and Practice

Really Seeing Children: A Collection of Teaching and Learning Stories

The Visionary Director, Second Edition: A Handbook for Dreaming, Organizing, and Improvising in Your Center

Reflecting Children's Lives: A Handbook for Planning Your Child-Centered Curriculum

The Art of Awareness, Second Edition: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching (NONE)

Reflecting in Communities of Practice: A Workbook for Early Childhood Educators

Designs for Living and Learning, Second Edition: Transforming Early Childhood Environments

Designs for Living and Learning, Second Edition: Transforming Early Childhood Environments