ECED 407 Chapter 10.4: ECED 407 Chapter 10.: 10.4
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Science as the center of a coherent, integrated early childhood curriculum. Curriculum, an early childhood curriculum that takes coherently organized science content as the hub of an integrated approach. It is designed to support the important developmental achievements of the preschool years, particularly in the areas of language development, acquisition of pre-literacy skills, problem solving, social interaction, and self-regulation. Curriculum is designed as a full-day, coherent, and integrated approach to early childhood education: general goals and purposes of the science start! Curriculum designed with the goal of supporting developmental achievements appropriate and central to the preschool years. Engaging children"s attention and participation is a critical first step in establishing a classroom environment that supports children"s development and learning. Because science is so engaging for children, it serves as an ideal content area for supporting children"s learning and development. These generalized mental representations of events are the foundation for children"s understanding of and action within the everyday world.
