Art of Leadership Cultivating Curriculum in Early Childhood Organizations - Paperback

A high quality curriculum is at the core of a high quality early childhood program. Cultivating Curriculum in Early Childhood Organizations provides practical, down-to-earth advice from leading experts on curriculum development. Content focuses on child development, curriculum principles, environmental design, and program evaluation.

The Art of Leadership Series is a comprehensive hands-on series of books that examines every aspect of effective center management from A to Z. Offering the best advice and thinking from recognized experts on program administration, these books are designed to be comprehensive, hands-on training texts as well as ongoing reference tools for center administrators. The ideas presented are practical; the strategies are proven to work.

This book is composed of three chapters: Child Development, Crafting the Curriculum, Designing the Space, Evaluating the Program. Some of the topics include:

• What Should Young Children be Learning?
• The Effects of Culture on Thinking
• Building Brains One Relationship at a Time
• Designing a Curriculum for Early Childhood Teachers
• The Intangibles in the Early Childhood Classroom
• Universal Early Childhood Curriculum Principles
• How to Create an Environment that Counteracts Stereotyping
• Planning Intentionally for Children's Outdoor Environments
• The Physical Environment: A Powerful Regulator of Experience