1. Developmentally Appropriate Practices and Environmentally Based Curriculum

2. Three Areas of Knowledge that Inform DAP
Knowledge of child development and learning
Knowledge of individual children’s strengths, interests and needs
Knowledge of the social and cultural context in which children live

3. Guidelines for Practice
Creating a caring community of learners
Teaching to enhance development and learning
Constructing appropriate curriculum
Assessing children’s learning and development
Establishing reciprocal relationships with families

4. Curriculum Description
“An organized framework that delineates the content that children are to learn, the process through which children achieve the identified curricular goals, what teachers do to help children achieve these goals, and the context in which teaching and learning occur.”
Bredekamp and Rosegrant (1995)

5. The curriculum content is determined by:
The subject matter
The social or cultural values
Parent input
The age and experience of the children

6. Guidelines for Constructing Appropriate Curriculum
Provides for all areas of a child’s development
Includes a broad range of content areas across disciplines
Builds upon what children already know and are able to do
Supports children’s home culture and language
Curriculum goals are realistic and attainable
Flexible so that teachers can adapt to individual children or groups

7. Definition of Environmentally Based Curriculum
A curriculum focus in which children interact with materials, each other, and adults in a planned and well-organized environment.
Dodge, Colker & Heroman

8. The environment is the textbook from which children learn
An Environmentally Based Curriculum Uses the Environment as the Curriculum Focus
The environment is the textbook from which children learn

9. An Environmentally Based Curriculum Should Include
A framework of philosophy and goals
Objectives for learning
Guidelines for teachers

10. Brainstorm a list describing the relationship between DAP and EBC
Activity
Brainstorm a list describing the relationship between DAP and EBC

11. Relationship between DAP & EBC
Active Exploration
Prepare the Environment
Child Select
Room Arrangement
All Areas of a Child’s Development
Activities all Children can Participate
Opportunities for Interactions