An Engaged Schools Resource Distinctively Christian ; A Christ-centered Approach to Early Childhood Teaching & Learning /
by Milton V. Uecker, Stacia Emerson, Jeannie Forrest, Michelle Clevenger, Ian McKeown, Lynn Hoekstra.
- [Place of publicatio not identified], WheatonPress.com, (c)2020.
- 188 pages ; 25.5 cm.
Columbia International University Faculty Author.
Chapter 1. Social and Personal Development -- Chapter 2. A Biblical Perspective on Social Development -- Chapter 3. Social Development: Self-Regulation -- Chapter 4. Issue in Social Development: Resiliency -- Chapter 5. The Integrated Curriculum -- Chapter 6. Early Literacy: Reading and Writing -- Chapter 7. Early Literacy: Listening and Speaking -- Chapter 8. Mathematical Thinking and Understanding: Laying the Foundation -- Chapter 9. An Inquiry into God's Creation: Science -- Chapter 10. The Creative Arts -- Chapter 11. The Motor Development Imperative -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Children's Literature: Nurturing Resilience -- Appendix B: Developmental Stages of Writing -- Appendix C: The PRAtt Model: Plan, Read, Ask, Think, and Talk -- Appendix D: Books to Promote Inquiry and Wonder -- Appendix E: Suggested Tools for Discovery Learning -- Appendix F: Children's Literature: Arts Focus or Technique -- Appendix G: Resources for Creative Arts -- Appendix H: Types of Learning Promoted Through the Arts -- Appendix I: For Further Reading and Additional Resources -- References.
" This third book of the Distinctively Christian series centers on teaching and learning. Because of the integrated nature of both development and learning during the early childhood years, teaching, and learning have already been addressed when discussing spiritual development and developmental theory within books one and two. It is difficult to separate the various components related to the education of the young child because, like development, the domains and elements within curriculum are integrated. Children do not divide or take in information by separating knowledge into files labeled "reading," "math," "science," and "social studies." As they learn through real experiences and play, the disciplines are an integrated whole. Schooling has too often, too soon, disintegrated knowledge. The need to view curriculum through a more holistic approach will be explored in chapter five."