Chapter 1: Setting a foundation for teaching
Celebrating how children learn
Helping children thrive with developmentally appropriate practice
Connecting teaching to children's lives
Understanding the role of play in development
Teaching with children in mind
Exploring elements of child-centred daily schedule
Sample lesson plans: Planning a child-centred daily schedule
Chapter 2: Making lesson planning work for you
Engaging children in active learning
Planning a variety of teaching contexts
Exploring levels of support in child-centred teaching
Being consistent while staying flexible
Sample lesson plans: Planning thematic play experiences
Chapter 3: Preparing child-centred themes and play areas
Identifying learning goals for play
Recognising interdependence among areas of development and learning
Supporting emerging skills and dispositions
Digging deeper with content skills for child-centred teaching
Fostering language development during play
Providing a rich context for multilingual learning Using individualised support
Sample lesson plans: Connecting learning across content areas
Sample book lists: Aiming for big ideas and concepts
Chapter 4: Planning teacher-directed activities
Introducing new information
Engaging children in higher-level thinking
Following a sequence of planning
Teaching children with special needs
Making the most of learning objectives
Sample lesson plans: Teacher-directed learning
Chapter 5: Using observation, documentation, and assessment to guide teaching
Understanding assessment with young children
Understanding the assessment cycle
Benefiting from authentic assessment
Exploring types of authentic assessment
Assessing and supporting children who are linguistically diverse
Committing to ethical practice
Chapter 6: Enriching communication with families and colleagues.
