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   Early Childhood Generalist

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 Exercise 1  Title: Literacy
Books

Reaching Potentials: Appropriate Curriculum and Assessment for Young Children Volume 1

Author(s):  Sue Bredekamp, Teresa J. Rosegrant, 1992
ISBN# 0-935989-53-6
 

Books

Reaching Potentials:  Transforming Early Childhood Curriculum and Assessment Volume 2

Editor(s): Sue Breadekamp, Teresa J. Rosegrant, 1995
ISBN#: 0-935989-73-0

 

 
Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children 

Author(s): Susan B. Neuman, Carol Copple, Sue Bredekamp,  1999
ISBN#0-935989-87-0

Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read and Write (3rd Edition) 

Author(s): Patricia M. Cunningham, Richard L. Allington

 

 
Handouts:

ISAT writing info and tips
Children need real life experiences
Best practices in reading instruction
Best practices in reading
Balanced literacy program
Activities that support exploration in non-fiction
12 research-based principles for reading instruction
Extension activities
Web Sources
Literature genres
Sqp2rs

 

  Exercise    1     2     3     4    
 Exercise 2 Title: Mathematics
Books

The Young Child and Mathematics

By Juanita V. Copley
ISBN 0-935989-97-8. Co-published by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

 

Description

Mixture of theory and practical applications for each strand of math.

 

 

 
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 Exercise 3
Websites

Inquiry based science activities

Mathematics and Science Education Center: Inquiry model

 

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 Exercise 4
Developmentally Appropriate Practice Curriculum and Development in Early Education by Carol Gestwicki

Delmar, 1995, ISBN# 0-8273-6240-4

 

Play in the Lives of Children by Cosby S. Rogers and Janet K. Sawyers

NAEYC, 1988, ISBN# 0-935989-09-9
 

 
Active for Life: Developmentally Appropriate Programs for Young Children

by Stephen Sanders, 2002
ISBN# 1-928896-04-9

 

Emergent Literacy and Dramatic Play in Early Childhood

by Jane Illene Davidson
ISBN# 0-8273-5721-4

 
Helping Young Children Develop Through Play: A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers

by Janet K. Sawyers and Cosby S. Rogers, 1988, ISBN# 0-935989-24-2