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Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc.
Unit One The Children and You.
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Chapter 1 You: Working with Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Social and Economic Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Career Opportunities in Early Childhood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Education and Training Needed to Work with Young Children . . . . . . . . . 12
The Teacher’s Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Characteristics of Successful Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 2 Types of Early Childhood Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Family Child Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Child Care Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Montessori Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Head Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
School-Age Child Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Parent Cooperatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Laboratory Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
High School Child Care Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sponsorship of Early Childhood Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Employer Sponsorship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Universal PreKindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Factors Affecting Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selecting a Child Care Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The Selection Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Licensing Rules and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Center Accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Quality Rating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 3 Observing Children: A Tool for Assessment . . . . . . . . . . 46
Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Assessment Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using Technology for Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Portfolios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Guidelines for Observing Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 4 Child Development Principles and Theories . . . . . . . . . . 62
Child Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Brain Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Historical Infl uences on Early Child Care and Education . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Theories of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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