This is shell is a single place to find openly licensed resources developed for curriculum courses in Early Childhood Education. This includes a course outline that resources were developed for, the textbook in English and Spanish, an assessment library, a video library, and sample modules for an online class. This resource will be updated with a complete online class once it is available.

This is shell is a single place to find openly licensed resources developed for Early Childhood Education courses in observation and assessment. This includes a course outline that resources were developed for, the OER textbook in English and Spanish, an assessment library, a video library, and sample modules for an online class. This resource will be updated with a complete online class once it is available.

This is shell is a single place to find openly licensed resources developed for Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children. This includes a course outline that resources were developed for, an early release of the OER textbook, an assessment library, a video library, and sample modules for an online course. This resource will be updated with a complete online class once it is available.

This is shell is a single place to find openly licensed resources developed for Early Childhood Education courses on equity and diversity. This includes a course outline that resources were developed for, the textbook in English and Spanish, an assessment library, a video library, and sample modules for an online class. This resource will be updated with a complete online class once it is available.

Para proporcionar a los niños un ambiente de aprendizaje seguro y enriquecedor, y para mantener la efectividad del programa, los maestros deben incorporar la observación, la documentación y la evaluación en sus rutinas diarias. Para ser verdaderamente efectivos, los maestros deben desarrollar habilidades y estrategias basadas en las mejores prácticas. En este capítulo, se le presentará información que destaca cómo la observación y la documentación se pueden utilizar como una estrategia clave para garantizar la enseñanza intencional. Examinará los pasos iniciales que debe seguir para convertirse en un observador experto y reflexionará sobre cómo documentar objetivamente las interacciones que ve y las conversaciones que escucha. Es importante tener en cuenta que convertirse en un observador experto requiere tiempo y práctica, y además aprenderá que incorporar la observación, la documentación y la evaluación en sus rutinas habituales y tareas diarias requerirá una consideración cuidadosa.

The Observation, Assessment, and Documentation module of the Early Education and Care in Inclusive Settings: ECE Core Competencies by Mary Lu Love (a UMass Boston OpenCourseWare course) provide an audio presentation, PowerPoint slides, list of supplemental readings, and self-assessment.

Early Head Start’s publication, Observation: The Heart of Individualizing Care provides information on what observation is, goals of observation, using observation, setting up systems to support observation, reflecting on observation, responding based on observation. Although it is targeted toward use with infants and toddlers, it provides information that can be reused, revised, and remixed to address observation more broadly as it is in the public domain.

To provide children with a safe and nurturing learning environment and to maintain program effectiveness, teachers must incorporate observation, documentation and assessment into their daily routines. To truly be effective, teachers must develop skills and strategies that are grounded in best practices. This textbook covers topics such as observation methods and techniques, implicit bias, ethics of observation, quality, analyzing data, monitoring, screening and evaluation, meaningful curriculum, and using documentation and assessment to communicate with families.

Word Count: 71531

ISBN: 978-0-6487698-0-4

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This book has been created for students and all individuals who work with children and families (e.g., educators, parents, caregivers, direct support workers, etc.) in diverse contexts. It is imperative to understand how and what factors may influence child outcomes across the lifespan. Therefore, key concepts related to parenting, child-rearing, care-giving, and parenting education are outlined in this textbook to provide historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives across vast settings and developmental domains.

Long Description:
This book has been created for students and all individuals who work with children and families (e.g., educators, parents, caregivers, direct support workers, etc.) in diverse contexts. It is imperative to understand how and what factors may influence child outcomes across the lifespan. Therefore, key concepts related to parenting, child-rearing, care-giving, and parenting education are outlined in this textbook to provide historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives across vast settings and developmental domains.

Word Count: 75635

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How are Community Care Licensing regulations and requirements put into practice? Watch these brief, informative videos and learn how you can contribute to the health and safety of children in child care facilities.

The preschool years are an important time of physical activity and development. In this course, you will learn about typical motor skill development and what to do if you are concerned about a child’s development. You will also learn how to plan indoor and outdoor experiences that promote physical development and support families and children as they pursue an active lifestyle.

The preschool years are an important time of physical activity and development. In this course you will learn about typical motor skill development and what to do if you are concerned about a child’s development. You will also learn how to plan indoor and outdoor experiences that promote physical development and support families and children as they pursue an active lifestyle.

This lesson will help you understand typical physical development or, in other words, how children develop and refine motor skills, during their preschool years. You will learn about the progression of developmental milestones and what to do if you are concerned about a child’s development.

This open access book develops a theoretical concept of teaching that is relevant to early childhood education, and based on children’s learning and development through play. It discusses theoretical premises and research on playing and learning, and proposes the development of play-responsive didaktik. It examines the processes and products of learning and development, teaching and its phylogenetic and ontogenetic development, as well as the ‘what’ of learning and didaktik. Next, it explores the actions, objects and meaning of play and provides insight into the diversity of beliefs about the practices of play. The book presents ideas on how combined research and development projects can be carried out, providing incentive and a model for practice development and research. The second part of the book consists of empirical studies on teacher’s playing skills and examples of play with very young as well as older children.

Positive guidance impacts the healthy development of preschool children. In this course, you will learn about typical preschool behaviors and effective strategies for challenging situations. You will also learn how to create a high-quality environment and developmentally appropriate experiences to maximize positive interactions.

Welcome to a new and exciting endeavor…your official supervised fieldwork experience! This course is structured to be the bridge between the courses you have already taken and the “real world” of working with children and families.

It is a time of great anticipation and adventure!

As we developed this course, we found ourselves using terms related to construction; “solid foundation”, “building skills”, “mastering tools of the trade”, “revising plans”, and most importantly “successful building seems to be under on-going construction”. Thus, we adopted the theme of construction and the motto “the road to success is always under construction”, attributed to Lily Tomlin, known for trying new things and making people smile.

In this course, it is time for you to take charge of your own learning and construct your own road to success! Each of your journeys will be slightly different because you are all unique. This is not a “one size fits all” course. You will all have the same basic tasks and tools, but the things that each of you want to master to be the best teacher that YOU CAN BE moving forward are yours and yours alone.

Constructing a road to success is not always easy. A basic plan is a good place to start as long as it is approached with flexibility and an openness to change. Mistakes are inevitable and can be celebrated as opportunities to learn new things! A sense of adventure awaits! Be inspired!

Throughout the semester your construction project will take on many twists and turns, so enjoy the journey! You will work in a variety of ways with a supportive construction crew, and are encouraged to take on as many tasks as you can, pushing yourself a little further out of your comfort zone each time! This handbook will introduce you to the foundations of the course. Each portion will be discussed further as the course progresses, so do not be alarmed if you look at something not yet covered and are puzzled. Construction takes time and is built upon prior foundations! By the end it will all make sense! So take a deep breath, gather your construction tools, and let’s get started!

This is shell is a single place to find openly licensed resources developed for practicum/fieldwork classes in Early Childhood Education. This includes a course outline that resources were developed for, an OER workbook, links to resources, an assessment library, and a video library.

The curriculum planning process is reflected in the introduction section of each volume.

The curriculum planning process is reflected in the introduction section of each volume.