Marie L. Masterson – författare

This research-based book will help teachers and teachers-in-training create culturally responsive learning environments for all infants and toddlers in their care.Culturally responsive teaching strengthens infants’ and toddlers’ sense of identity and belonging while building trust that enhances their relationship with caregivers. In this comprehensive book, child behavior expert and award-winning author Marie Masterson discusses early learning in the context of children’s families, cultures, and lives, helping readers apply this knowledge to their teaching decisions.Each chapter in Culturally Responsive Teaching for Infants and Toddlers offers resources, research, teaching tips, and activities to empower children. With questions for reflection and discussion, this text would be a useful addition to any early childhood methods or childhood development course. Readers will learn about practical strengths-based approaches to teaching and caregiving rooted in respect and appreciation for the role of culture in children's learning and development.Book Features:Applies developmentally appropriate practice (NAEYC, 2020) to the complex challenges encountered by teachers working with infants and toddlers and their families.An ideal resource for infant and toddler professional credentialing programs.Includes engaging vignettes and examples that bring culturally responsive teaching to life.Addresses the need for cultural safety and open communication between families and programs; the need for rich language and learning opportunities throughout the day; strategies for observing children and using this information to design curriculum; individualized interactions to facilitate play-based learning; and teaching strategies that strengthen each child’s emerging skills and capabilities.

This research-based book will help teachers and teachers-in-training create culturally responsive learning environments for all infants and toddlers in their care.Culturally responsive teaching strengthens infants’ and toddlers’ sense of identity and belonging while building trust that enhances their relationship with caregivers. In this comprehensive book, child behavior expert and award-winning author Marie Masterson discusses early learning in the context of children’s families, cultures, and lives, helping readers apply this knowledge to their teaching decisions.Each chapter in Culturally Responsive Teaching for Infants and Toddlers offers resources, research, teaching tips, and activities to empower children. With questions for reflection and discussion, this text would be a useful addition to any early childhood methods or childhood development course. Readers will learn about practical strengths-based approaches to teaching and caregiving rooted in respect and appreciation for the role of culture in children's learning and development.Book Features:Applies developmentally appropriate practice (NAEYC, 2020) to the complex challenges encountered by teachers working with infants and toddlers and their families.An ideal resource for infant and toddler professional credentialing programs.Includes engaging vignettes and examples that bring culturally responsive teaching to life.Addresses the need for cultural safety and open communication between families and programs; the need for rich language and learning opportunities throughout the day; strategies for observing children and using this information to design curriculum; individualized interactions to facilitate play-based learning; and teaching strategies that strengthen each child’s emerging skills and capabilities.

Helpful information for all family child care providers including:Tips and strategies to help develop and manage a well-organized businessWays to maximize dual-use spaces and enhance learning materials and routinesGuidelines and tips to help balance home and professional needsCreative ideas to boost children’s learningPractical information to help you build positive and meaningful relationships with familiesExpand your knowledge and skills to meet the needs of children and their families.

Guided play is a powerful tool educators can use to help preschoolers and kindergartners learn essential knowledge and skills in the context of playful situations. Apply the information, strategies, and ideas in this book to:Provide content-rich, joyful learning experiencesBalance child-guided and adult-guided playSet up play environments with learning goals in mindOffer suggestions and questions during play to prompt children’s reflection and deeper learningYoung children’s natural curiosity and dynamic imaginations can lead to exciting and meaningful learning opportunities. Discover how to provide guided play experiences along with opportunities for unstructured play to support children’s knowledge in key areas and their lifelong enjoyment and pursuit of learning.

The long-awaited new edition of NAEYC’s Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs is here, fully revised and updated! Since the first edition in 1987,this book has been an essential resource for the early childhood education field. Early childhood educators have a professional responsibility to plan and implement intentional, developmentally appropriate learning experiences that promote the social and emotional development, physical development and health, cognitive development, and general learning competencies of each child served. But what is developmentally appropriate practice (DAP)? DAP is a framework designed to promote young children’s optimal learning and development through a strengths-based approach to joyful, engaged learning. As educators make decisions to support each child’s learning and development, they consider what they know about (1) commonality in children’s development and learning, (2) each child as an individual (within the context of their family and community), and (3) everything discernible about the social and cultural contexts for each child, each educator, and the program as a whole. This latest edition of the book is fully revised to underscore the critical role social and cultural contexts play in child development and learning, including new research about implicit bias and teachers’ own context and consideration of advances in neuroscience. Educators implement developmentally appropriate practice by recognizing the many assets all young children bring to the early learning program as individuals and as members of families and communities. They also develop an awareness of their own context. Building on each child’s strengths, educators design and implement learning settings to help each child achieve their full potential across all domains of development and across all content areas.