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Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Making the Pieces Fit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chapter 5 Understanding Children from Birth to Age Two . . . . . . . . 86
Physical Development in the First Two Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cognitive Development in the First Two Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Social-Emotional Development in the First Two Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Culturally Based Routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chapter 6 Understanding Two- and Three-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . 104
Physical Development of Two-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cognitive Development of Two-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Social-Emotional Development of Two-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Teaching Two-Year-Olds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Physical Development of Three-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cognitive Development of Three-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Social-Emotional Development of Three-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Teaching Three-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 7 Understanding Four- and Five-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . 120
Physical Development of Four- and Five-Year-Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cognitive Development of Preschoolers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Social-Emotional Development of Preschoolers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Teaching Four- and Five-Year-Olds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Chapter 8 Middle Childhood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Physical Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Health Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cognitive Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Social-Emotional Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Moral Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Unit Two Creating a Safe and Healthful Environmen
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Chapter 9 Preparing the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Value of Planned Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Physical Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Color Choices for Child Care Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Factors That Affect Space Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Organizing Basic Activity Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Outdoor Play Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Chapter 10 Selecting Toys, Equipment, and Educational Materials . . . . . 182
Selection Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using Technology in the Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Selecting Safe Toys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Safe Playgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196