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

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.