Total learning : developmental curriculum for the young child / Joanne Hendrick, Patricia Weissman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-392) and indexes.

Building a Secure Foundation for Learning -- The Purpose of Curriculum Including Families in the Life of the School -- Play: The Integrative Force in Learning -- Planning for Total Learning -- Designing the Supportive Environment -- Planning for Total Learning: Creating Supportive Curriculum Plans and Schedules -- Getting to Know the Children by Keeping Track of What They're Learning -- Planning with Individual Children in Mind: Using Behavioral Objectives in the Preschool -- Helping Young Children Relish Life and Develop Healthy Bodies -- Keeping Children Safe and Well Fed -- Developing Physical Competence -- Helping Children Understand and Value Life -- Fostering Emotional Health in Young Children -- Achieving Emotional Competence -- Developing Social Competence and Healthy Self-Identities -- Getting Along Together: Achieving Competence in Interpersonal Relations -- Who Am I? Who Are You? Coming to Terms with Multicultural, Gender and Disability Issues -- Encouraging Children to Be Creative -- Freeing Children to Be Creative -- Fostering the Use of Language -- Developing Verbal Competence -- Taking the First Steps on the Road to Literacy -- Helping Children Learn to Think for Themselves -- Using the Emergent Approach -- Using the Conventional Approach: Developing Mental Abilities and Future.

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