Description: 1. The Changing Role of the Teacher in Developing Curriculum for Diverse Populations. 2. Historical and Theoretical Bases for Appropriate Programs in Early Childhood Settings. 3. The Need for Quality Programs in Early Childhood Settings. 4. Developmental Characteristics of Young Children from Birth to Eight Years: Implications for Learning. 5. Organizing Infant-Toddler Programs. 6. Infant-Toddler Curriculum: Birth to Age Two. 7. A Developmental Model for Preschool Programs. 8. Preschool Curriculum: Ages Three to Five: Language and Cognitive Development. 9. Preschool Curriculum: Ages Three to Five: Social and Physical Development. 10. A Model for Programs for Children Ages Five to Eight. 11. The Transitional Curriculum: Ages Five to Eight: Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. 12. The Transitional Curriculum: Ages Five to Eight: Social Studies and Physical Education. 13. Teaching in the Real World. Appendix A. Preschool Unit: Seeds. Appendix B. Preschool Unit: Farm Animals. Appendix C. Kindergarten-Primary Unit: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Appendix D. Primary Unit: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

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