Developmentally appropriate curriculum in action / Marjorie J. Kostelnik, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Michelle Rupiper, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Anne K. Soderman, Michigan State University, Alice Phipps Whiren, Michigan State University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ready, set, go!: teaching in developmentally appropriate programs -- What you need to know to help children grow: preparing to teach -- More than a referee: child guidance in developmentally appropriate classrooms -- Teacher, teacher, what do you see: observing and documenting children's learning -- Roadmaps to success: lesson plans as teaching tools observation record: children cutting with scissors Oct. 7, 2013 -- Up close and personal: teaching children in small group activities -- Centered on learning: creating and maintaining learning centers indoors and outside -- All together: teaching children in whole groups -- The aesthetic domain: celebrating the artist within -- The affective domain: developing a sense of self -- The cognitive domain: nurturing young scientists -- The cognitive domain, part 2: fostering mathematical thinking -- The language domain: enhancing communication and early literacy -- The physical domain -- The social domain: reaching out to others -- Putting it all together: organizing children's learning over time.