Infants and Toddlers at Play
National Association for the Education of Young Children (Verlag)
978-1-938113-74-1 (ISBN)
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Early childhood educators know how important it is to choose the right materials to include in your infant and toddler program. There are so many options, and often your budget won’t stretch cover everything you’d like to include. With this guide, discover ideas for both familiar and new play materials and how they not only support the cognitive, physical, and social and emotional development of children from birth to age 3 but also meet the diverse needs of individual children. With a thoughtful selection of appropriate materials, you can enhance the quality of your program and create an accessible, inclusive, and equity-based environment that makes all children feel welcome.
Mary Benson McMullen, PhD, is professor of early childhood education at Indiana University (IU), where she has been on faculty since 1993. She received a BS from Michigan State University and earned MS and PhD degrees in child development from Florida State University. During and after her graduate education, she worked as a teacher of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and then as an early childhood program director, before accepting her position at IU. At IU, she teaches courses to preservice and in-service early childhood teaching professionals, as well as to doctoral students who plan to become early childhood teacher education scholars. Mary’s primary research interests involve factors that influence quality early care and education for infants and toddlers; the healthy overall growth, development, learning, and well-being of young children (birth through age 5); teaching beliefs and practices across cultures and contexts; and factors that influence and ensure the well-being of professionals who care for young children. She has published dozens of articles for both research and teaching journals, as well as numerous book chapters. She is coeditor of the 2019 book The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education. Mary lives in Bloomington, Indiana, where she and her husband of 40 years raised their three sons. Dylan Brody (they/them), MSEd, is a doctoral student at the University of Georgia. They are currently the graduate research assistant for the Department of Educational Theory and Practice, with a focus on critical studies. Dylan began working as a full-time teacher with infants and toddlers in 2010 and fell deeply in love with the complexity of teaching young children. They worked collaboratively with a coteacher in a setting that utilizes a continuity of care model, providing Dylan the space and support needed to build intimate and meaningful connections with children and their families over the course of a three-year cycle. This time allowed them to create a more deeply reflective teaching practice and mindful rapport with families through daily moments of trust building. Dylan’s primary research and teaching interests focus on ethics, equity, critical theory, mindfulness, and advocacy for fellow teachers who experience marginalization. They prioritize care practices and policies that allow all members of the community to feel safer to be themselves and challenge the barriers in place that might prevent success for all. Dylan hopes to work more closely in the future with early childhood teachers in the LGBTQ+ community and to further advocate for trans visibility and representation in the field. Dylan currently lives in Athens, Georgia, with their beloved cat, Bean.
Introduction
Part 1: Essential
Questions
Chapter
1: Who? Children from Birth to Age 3
Chapter
2: Why? Supporting Learning, Development, and Well-Being
Chapter
3: How? The Role of Teachers
Chapter
4: What? Curating Play Materials for Very Young Children
In
Your Words
Part 2: Cognitive Learning
and Development
Chapter
5: Play Materials That Help Me Construct Knowledge and Understanding
Chapter
6: Play Materials That Facilitate My Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills
Chapter
7: Play Materials That Inspire My Approaches to Learning
In
Your Words
Part 3: Social and
Emotional Learning and Development
Chapter
8: Play Materials That Help Me Understand Myself and Others
Chapter
9: Play Materials That Encourage Me to Express Myself Creatively
Chapter
10: Play Materials That Connect Me to Nature and Science
In
Your Words
Part 4: Physical Learning
and Development
Chapter
11: Play Materials That Help Me Develop My Gross Motor Skills
Chapter
12: Play Materials That Enhance My Fine Motor Skills
Chapter
13: Play Materials That Teach Me About My Body in Space
In
Your Words
Final Thoughts
Appendix A: Highlights of
Learning, Development, and Positive Well-Being
Appendix B: On the
Bookshelf
References
Resources
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.08.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30 color photographs |
| Verlagsort | Washington DC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 215 x 279 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-938113-74-8 / 1938113748 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-938113-74-1 / 9781938113741 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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