Description:

Professional Development Library

This kit is perfect for programs that are building a professional development library. Included in the kit are resources to help teaching staff enhance their understanding and application of developmentally appropriate practice, or DAP. Some of the books and the DVD focus on the pedagogy—how to provide high-quality early childhood education to young children. The kit also includes books focused on the content—what areas of study should be included in a high-quality program in which staff facilitate children's learning through developmentally appropriate practice.

The kit includes:

Books

• Basics of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: An Introduction for Teachers of Children 3 to 6
• Basics of Assessment:  A Primer for Early Childhood Educators
• Code of Ethical Conduct brochure packet (25 brochures)
• Social and Emotional Development: Connecting Science and Practice in Early Childhood Settings
• Big Body Play: Why Boisterous, Vigorous, and Very Physical Play Is Essential to Children's Development and Learning
• Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children
• The Young Child and Mathematics (2nd ed.)
• Ramps & Pathways: A Constructivist Approach to Physics with Young Children
• Active Experiences for Active Children: Social Studies (2nd ed.)
• The Story in the Picture: Inquiry and Artmaking with Young Children

DVD

• DAP: A Focus on Intentionality and on Play

A $300 value if purchased separately.