1. CURRICULUM Appropriate vs. Inappropriate

2. THE NECESSARY CHARACTERISTICS OF AN APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

3. ACTIVE vs. passive

4. HANDS-ON vs. hands-off

5. CONCRETE vs. abstract

6. CHILD-CENTERED vs. teacher-centered

7. OPEN-ENDED (DIVERGENT) vs. closed-ended (convergent)

8. PROCESS-ORIENTED vs. product oriented or performance-oriented

9. INDIVIDUALIZED vs. generic

10. DIFFERENTIATED vs. one-dimensional

11. MULTICULTURAL vs. biased or exclusionary

12. HOLISTIC purely academic

13. INTEGRATED vs. isolated skills training

14. SMALL GROUP whole class

15. PURPOSEFUL gimmicky or cute

16. ORIENTED TO: Play Exploration Testing Invention Discovery Creation Interaction

17. HAVING THE ATTRIBUTES OF: Choice Self-motivation Relevance Calm Enjoyment

18. Things that are NOT appropriate

19. 1.Early Academics (academics for academics sake) e.g. Letter of the week

20. 2. Dittos and workbooks

21. 3. Homework

22. 4. “Learning Time”

23. 5. Standardized Tests

24. 6. Concepts and skills too sophisticated Too much waiting, sitting or attending

25. 7. Ability Groups

26. 8. Labeling

27. 9. Competition

28. 10. Bribery