Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive ─ Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Guidelines

Gronlund, an early childhood consultant, trainer, staff development presenter, and author, explains how to use early learning standards in an early childhood classroom or program in child and family-friendly ways. She addresses the benefits and problems of early learning standards and other general information, curriculum planning, using authentic assessment without testing or pressuring children, and language arts, communication, literacy, math, science, social studies, social-emotional, physical development and health, and creative arts standards, presented in a chart format with activities and curriculum, as well as the standards in terms of learning areas in a preschool classroom and projects for large and small groups. She also discusses how to communicate with others about the standards and improve child outcomes. This edition has been updated with a new chapter on approaches to learning standards, current information on standards from across the country, and references to the relationship to the Common Core State Standards. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)