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DAP. Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Education. Family Resiliency Impact Team . Meeting April 10, 2002 Guthrie, Oklahoma Elaine Wilson, Parenting Specialist. Best Practices. DAP DIP. Developmental. Age Ability Interests Family. Play. Autonomous

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  1. DAP Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Education

  2. Family Resiliency Impact Team • Meeting April 10, 2002 • Guthrie, Oklahoma • Elaine Wilson, Parenting Specialist

  3. Best Practices • DAP • DIP

  4. Developmental • Age • Ability • Interests • Family

  5. Play • Autonomous • Self Initiated or Self Selected • Individually Paced • Independent Learning

  6. Principles of Development 1. Domains of development are closely related.

  7. No Recess • Physical • Social • Emotional • Cognitive

  8. Principles of Development 2. Development builds in sequence.

  9. Speed Slows • Better late than early • Fully developed before moving on • Complete not fast

  10. Natural Unfolding • Remember the Butterfly • Patience please, children are developing

  11. Developmental Principles 3. Developmental rates vary among children and areas of development.

  12. Slow can be better • Language • Social interaction • Mathematics

  13. Developmental Principles 4. Early experiences during optimal periods have cumulative and delayed effects.

  14. W.A.R.M. • Character Role Models • Home - School • Church • Community • Media

  15. Developmental Principles 5. Development has direction • Complexity • Organization • Internalization • Cephalically and Proximal Distal

  16. Classroom Design • Interest Centers • Choices • Flexible levels

  17. Developmental Principles 6. Children are active learners • Physical and social experience • Culture • Construct own understanding

  18. Experience • Invented spelling • Perception • Centering

  19. Developmental Principles 7. Biological maturation interacts with physical and social environment.

  20. Developmental Principles 8. Play is the vehicle for development, mastery, and reflection

  21. Developmental Principles 9. Development advances with practice and challenge just beyond the current level of mastery.

  22. The problem of the match • Too difficult is frustrating • Too easy is boring • Practice advances • Drill stresses

  23. Developmental Principles 10. Children use different modes for learning and representation.

  24. Activity Planning • Quiet and Active • Verbal and Non-verbal • Group and Individual • Indoor and Outdoor • Teacher directed and Child directed

  25. Developmental Principles 11. Development flourishes in community.

  26. Community of Learners • Safe and valued • Physical needs are met • Psychologically secure

  27. Specific Teacher Behaviors Children Model • Comfort in stress • Miss when absent • Treat with dignity • Decorative

  28. Group Activities • Solving Problems • Rule Making • Group Projects • Cooperation • Group Memory • Celebrations

  29. Methods • Photographs • Conflict management teams • Committee work • Reduce competition • Value feelings • Family involvement

  30. Final Exam • A teacher conducts an activity for 30 minutes with 3-year-olds who mostly observe, listen, and watch.

  31. Final Exam 2. A teacher reads a picture book to a group of 4-year-olds.

  32. Final Exam 3. A Kindergarten teacher provides one hour or more of free choice time during which children play with blocks, dress up, and use table toys and other early childhood materials.

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