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Textbooks for Early Childhood Core Courses

for Spring semester 2009

Textbooks can be ordered from the Campus Bookstore before classes begin.  They will be mailed to students.

Course

Textbook Required

Publisher

ISBN #

ED 142/143 Intro to Early Childhood & Lab

Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs

NAEYC

093598979X

 

The Intentional Teacher: Choosing the Best Strategies for Young Children's Learning

NAEYC

978-1-928896-41-8

ED 250/251 Child Growth Development & Lab

The Developing Person: Through Childhood and Adolescence

Worth Publishing

978-1-4292-1647-0

 

Lab Packet (can be purchased at The Campus Bookstore)

 

 

ED 144/145 Creating An Environment for Learning & Lab

Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs

NAEYC

093598979X

 

Early Learning Environments that Work

Gryphon House

9780876592564

 

Packet of Articles (will be provided to the instructors to distribute to students)

 

 

ED 240/241 Positive Child Discipline & Lab

Guidance Approach for the Encouraging Classroom 4/E

Delmar/Thomson Learning

1418020109

 

Starting Small: Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early Grades

Will be provided first night of class

 

ED 242/243 Meeting the Needs of the Family & Lab

Home, School and Community Relations 6/E

Delmar/Thomson Learning

1418029742

ED 320/321 Early Childhood Curriculum I & Lab

Young Investigators: The Project Approach in the Early Years

Teachers College Press

0807740160

 

The Portfolio and Its Use: A Road Map for Assessment 2/E

Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)

0942388313

 

Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum: Best Practices in Early Childhood Education

Pearson Higher Education

0132390930

 

Montana Early Learning Guidelines

Early Childhood Project

or download at  www.montana.edu/ecp/pubs.html

ED 324/325 Early Childhood Curriculum II & Lab

books used in ED 320/321 will be carried over to this course

 

 

ED 344/345 Early Childhood Professional

Advocates in Action: Making a Difference for Young Children

(revised edition)

NAEYC

1928896014

 

Theories in Childhood: An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget and Vygotsky

Redleaf Press

978-1884834851

 

Foundations and Best Practices for Early Childhood

Prentice Hall

013119190X

The following textbooks will be used throughout all of the core courses:

The Intentional Teacher: Choosing the Best Strategies for Young Children's Learning

Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs

Starting Small: Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early Grades

 

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