Carol Copple – författare

Edited and compiled just for teachers, this resource explains developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) so teachers can apply DAP in their work with children in first, second, and third grades. Chapters include:What Is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?A brief introduction to the main ideas of DAPTeaching Children in First, Second, and Third GradesConnecting DAP to excellent teachingAn Overview of Development in the Primary GradesOverview of learning and development in first, second, and third gradesDevelopmentally Appropriate Examples to ConsiderExamples of key DAP practices, as well as contrasting practices that are less likely to serve children wellSupporting Children’s Learning While Meeting StandardsConnecting the standards to DAPYoung Children ArticlesTen articles from Young Children that provide examples of applying developmentally appropriate practice when working with children in first, second, and third grades.

This nation has an enormous stake in reversing the alarming deterioration of the circumstances in which poor and otherwise disadvantaged children grow up. Many past efforts to reverse unfavorable trends in damaging outcomes (school failure, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and violent crime) have been relatively ineffective. Effective Services for Young Children describes the available options and steps that could be taken to improve the situation through more effective services to children and families. Many of the nation's leaders in current efforts to improve services, and many who are at the forefront of attempts to understand these efforts in current contexts contributed to the workshop and are represented in the volume. Policymakers, administrators, and practitioners will benefit from their perspectives on the possibilities for major improvements in education, social services, health care, and family support services.

From the beginning of life, young children’s learning and activities depend on their cognitive capabilities and development. To cope with the environment they live in, children need to learn about their physical and social worlds; acquire language; regulate their bodies, emotions, and thoughts; and gain competence in literacy, mathematics, science, and other knowledge domains. This collection of readings from books and Young Children articles outlines important dimensions of their early cognitive development and describes approaches for promoting it.