Tanya Dalton
Book Description: Preschool Methods was put together to enhance students knowledge around developmental domains for children 3-5 years of age while highlighting Capable, Confident, and Curious: Nova Scotia’s Early Learning Curriculum Framework.
We as early childhood educators are children’s guides while they develop, explore and make sense of the world around them. Through play preschoolers develop life skills that will transfer and scaffold their learning in all aspects of development for the rest of their lives.
1. I. Planning
1. 1. Introduction to Planning
2. 2. Nova Scotia’s Families, Communities, and Cultures
3. 3. Principles of Early Learning
4. 4. Practice in Early Learning
2. II. Development
2. 6. Physical Development in the Preschool Years
3. 7. Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years
4. 8. Social Development in the Preschool Years
5. 9. Emotional Development in the Preschool Years
6. 10. Communication, Language and Literacy Development in the Preschool Years
7. 11. Developmental Milestones
8. 12. Dividing Development and Curriculum into Domain
3. III. Curriculum
1. 13. Diversity in Early Childhood Education
2. 14. Inclusion in Early Childhood Education
3. 15. Inclusive Practice in Early Childhood Education
5. 17. The Diversity of Beliefs about and Practices of Play
6. 18. The Freedom of Play and Open-Endedness
8. 20. Goldilocks and Her Motorcycle: Establishing Narrative Frames
10. 22. NS ELCF Curriculum goals
4. IV. Learning Supports
1. 23. ECE Pyramid Model in Nova Scotia