Consider new possibilities in documentation, observing, and activities when planning child-centered curriculum with this updated handbook.

Presents a practical handbook to creating a child-centered curriculum and includes theme plans, assessment tools, resource lists, and practice sheets.

Learn how to make theme plans, establish times for observation and play, set up schedules, materials, space, and more

Learn how to connect your curriculum planning to children's interests and thinking. With this book, educators will discover a systematic way for using documentation to design curriculum that emerges from children's inquiries, what they wonder, and what they want to understand. Get strategies for designing a classroom environment at the start of the year to facilitate emergent inquiry curriculum. Each chapter guides teachers to document and reflect on their thinking through each of the five phases of a cycle of inquiry process, including observing, interpreting the meaning of the play they see, and developing questions to engage children.

The latest resource from esteemed early childhood authors Margie Carter and Deb Curtis, and introducing Wendy Cividanes and Debbie Lebo.

Anti-bias education begins with you! Become a skilled anti-bias teacher with this practical guidance to confronting and eliminating barriers.

The best-selling source of inspiration for early childhood professionals designing learning environments; updated with all new photographs and fresh content