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Author Maguire-Fong, Mary Jane

Title Teaching and learning with infants and toddlers where meaning-making begins / Mary Jane Maguire-Fong ; contributions by Ron Lally, T. Berry Brazelton, & Edward Tronick
Published New York : Teachers College, Columbia University, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) : illustrations
Contents Infants as active meaning-makers -- Relationships shape the developing brain -- Knowledge from the infant's point of view -- Observing : where teaching and learning begin -- First feelings : emotional development -- Sense of self and other : social development -- Taking action : motor development -- Thinking : cognitive development -- Communicating : language development -- Policies that support relationships -- Play spaces : contexts for wonder and learning -- Care routines : contexts for joy and learning -- Conversations and guidance -- Sharing infant's story of learning
Summary This book explores infants' mazing capacity to learn and presents a reflective approach to teaching inspired by the early childhood schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Each chapter draws from research and real-life infant care settings to illustrate how infants are robust investigators, intent on making sense of the world with infants and their families will find valuable insights into how to design an infant care program, plan curriculum, assess learning, and work with families
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index
Notes English
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Subject Infants -- Development.
Toddlers -- Development.
MEDICAL -- Physiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Child care
Education, Preschool
Infants -- Development
Toddlers -- Development
Form Electronic book
Author Lally, J. Ronald (John Ronald)
Brazelton, T. Berry, 1918-2018
Tronick, Edward
LC no. 2014032564
ISBN 9780807773529
0807773522