The Creative Curriculum for Preschool Touring Guide

1 The Creative Curriculum for PreschoolTouring Guide Contents 1 The Creative Curriculum for Preschool 2 The Evolution of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool 4 Product Map 7 Overview 8 How Does The Creative Curriculum Work? 10 What Are The Creative Curriculum Objectives for Development & Learning? 12 How Curriculum and Assessment Are Linked 15 Curriculum Components 16 The Creative Curriculum for Preschool : The Foundation 18 The Creative Curriculum for Preschool : Daily Resources 18 Teaching Guides 20 Intentional Teaching Cards 22 Children s Book Collection 23 Book Discussion Cards 24 mighty minutes 25 Embedded Professional Development 26 Making Connections With Families 28 How The Creative Curriculum Supports English Language Development 31 Sample Pages: Balls Study 32 Balls Study: Table of Contents 33 Why Investigate Balls?

2 34 Web of Investigations 36 At a Glance, Investigation 1 38 Day 1, Investigation 1 40 Day 1, Investigation 1: Book Discussion Card 42 Day 1, Investigation 1: Intentional Teaching Cards 45 Day 1, Investigation 1: mighty minutes 46 Day 1, Investigation 1: Volume Excerpt 48 The Creative Curriculum for Preschool , Expanded Daily Resources 50 Additional Teaching Guides 51 Digital Curriculum Resources 52 Benefits1As an early childhood educator, your first commitment is to children helping them succeed in school and in life. At Teaching Strategies, our first commitment is to you. That s why, when you partner with us to build quality in your program, you can be sure that you ll have the support you need to succeed every step of the way.

3 Let s take a look at how!Welcome to The Creative Curriculum for Preschool2 The Evolution of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool The evolution of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool is grounded in our commitment to early childhood educators. Over the years, we ve embraced innovation, updating the Curriculum to keep pace with what teachers need in the classroom. What began as a focus on room arrangement is now a comprehensive collection of resources that offer moment-to-moment support, and every edition has incorporated current research on the best ways to help children succeed. 1988 The second edition of The Creative Curriculum is published, helping teachers organize their rooms into interest areas and use them effectively. 2002 The fourth edition of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool offers a comprehensive update, resting on a firm foundation of research and responding to new requirements for addressing academic content.

4 1978 Room Arrangement as a Teaching Strategy is a precursor to The Creative Curriculum . The first edition of The Creative Curriculum is born self-published by Diane Trister Dodge and focused on using interest areas as a setting for learning. 1992 The third edition of The Creative Curriculum is published, presenting for the first time our philosophy, goals, and objectives for children s learning, as well as guidelines for teaching and working with fifth edition of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool is made up of five volumes that build teachers professional knowledge of best practices, including a volume on the newly developed objectives for development and DAY The Creative Curriculum for Preschool offers teachers even more of the resources they ve grown to know and love.

5 Expanded Daily Resources give teachers more choice when it comes to implementing studies and integrating learning into every part of the day. The sixth edition of The Foundation offers updated research, more opportunities for teacher reflection, and a new volume that builds teachers knowledge about science and technology, social studies, and the arts. The updated Objectives for Development & Learning volume presents a clear picture of all of the early childhood years, with progressions from birth through third grade. The Creative Curriculum for Preschool is available in English, in Spanish, or as a bilingual Curriculum . 2010 The fifth edition of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool is made up of five volumes that build teachers professional knowledge of best practices, including a volume on the newly developed objectives for development and learning.

6 2011 The Creative Curriculum for Preschool combines the five volumes from the fifth edition (now known as The Foundation) with a comprehensive collection of daily practice resources (known as the Daily Resources) available in both English and Spanish. 4 The Creative Curriculum for Preschool also provides the option to purchase digital Curriculum resources that are accessible through the MyTeachingStrategies platform, including Intentional Teaching experiences, Teaching Guides, weekly and monthly planning calendars that can be populated or rearranged with just a few clicks, and much more. See page Creative Curriculum for Preschool is a comprehensive, research-based Curriculum that features exploration and discovery as a way of learning, enabling children to develop confidence, creativity, and lifelong critical thinking skills.

7 It is designed to help educators at all levels of experience plan and implement a developmentally appropriate, content-rich program for children with diverse backgrounds and skill FoundationEnglish, 6 VolumesSpanish, 6 VolumesThe Creative Curriculum for Preschool Available as a complete English, Spanish, or bilingual curriculumNEW!NEW!NEW!NEW!5 Daily Resources**Also available: Expanded Daily Resources, featuring five additional studies and comprehensive daily teaching tools and additional Teaching Guides, each available for separate purchase. Please see pages 48-50 for more Collection(30 eBooks, bilingual)Intentional Teaching Cards (201 bilingual cards)Children's Book Collection (142 books and 8 big books in English and Spanish)Book Discussion Cards (22 English, 22 Spanish) 2011 Teaching Strategies, Inc.

8 HacerEl Curr culo Creativo para educaci n preescolar: Tarjetas de ense anza intencionalPreguntas para guiar sus observacionesH gase las siguientes preguntas al observar a cada ni o o ni a: Cu les n meros reconoci ? Pudo colocar un objeto por cada punto? Hasta d nde pudo contar con la correspondencia uno a uno? C mo determin la cantidad correcta de objetos que hac an falta? Cu nto tiempo prest atenci n a esta actividad?AprendamosJugando Juegos relacionados El arte de contar Materiales: juego de tarjetas con cada n mero y el nombre impreso en un lado, p. ej., 3 y tres. Del otro lado, dibuje la cantidad correspondiente con puntos grandes, p. ej., lll; botones u otros objetos peque os1. Invite a los ni os a que exploren las tarjetas de n meros. Mu streles el n mero que est en un lado de la tarjeta.

9 D vuelta a la tarjeta y cuente los puntos con Pida a los ni os que digan los n meros que ya Anime a los ni os a que usen los dedos, botones u otros objetos para contar cada cantidad. Esta tarjeta tiene el n mero 4. Vamos a darle vuelta. Puedes ponerle un bot n a cada punto? 4. Contin e la actividad mientras los ni os sigan interesados. Expl queles que las tarjetas de n meros estar n en el rea de juegos y juguetes para que puedan usarlas durante la hora de elegir incluir a todos los ni os Use texturas en las tarjetas, p. ej., puntos de Velcro . Use colores contrastantes para el fondo de las n meros y puntos magn ticos o en relieve para que los ni os puedan manipularlos y atento a los indicios de que un ni o o ni a desea participar, tales como gestos, movimientos del cuerpo y expresiones faciales.

10 **Invite a los ni os que aprenden una segunda lengua a que cuenten tambi n en su lengua materna.**M04 Juguetes y juegosObjetivo 20 Usa conceptos num ricos y operacionesObjetivos relacionados: 3, 7, 9, 11 Tarjetas de n merosAMARILLOUse tarjetas con los n meros del 1 al 3, concentr ndose en el lado con los puntos. Presente las tarjetas una por una a cada ni o o ni a. Ofrezca la cantidad exacta de objetos que se necesitan para cada tarjeta. Esta tarjeta tiene un punto. Puedes ponerle un bot n al punto? Ahora tenemos dos botones. Intentemos ponerle un bot n a cada punto que veamos .VERDEM uestre a un ni o o ni a las tarjetas del 1 al 5 y p dale que nombre los n meros que conozca. Aqu hay cinco tarjetas con n meros escritos en ellas. Ves alg n n mero que conozcas?