Childcare Activities for 0-8's

by Mimi Wellisch, Pearson Publishers, 2001

Description

This text provides the reader with an extensive range of activities for children 0-8 years of age. The "How to" approach employed by the author makes Childcare Activities for 0-8's ideal for both the individual studying childcare and the practitioner in the workplace. Although the emphasis is on the practical, the author has provided the underpinning theory and explains how this text complies with the National Competencies standards.

Features

Addresses the following National Children Services competency standards

  • 1.Foster Children's Self-help skills
  • 2. Foster the physical development of children
  • 3. Foster the social development of children
  • 4. Facilitate play and leisure
  • 5. Foster children's cognitive development
  • 6. Foster children's aesthetic and creative development
  • 7. Foster children's language development
  • Icon driven design
  • Activities for a range of age groups, time of day and settings
  • Quick reference activity grid designed around child's interest area
  • Includes chapters on strategies for facilitating play and best child care practices Activities organised into four distinct areas -
  • Language: reading/writing,
  • Cognitive: science/mathematics,
  • Physical development and
  • Aesthetic and creative activities
  • Clear instructions with plenty of photographic illustrations
  • Organisation makes it possible for reader to use as a quick reference for activity ideas or supplement their program planning through the use of the supporting theory chapters

Table Of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • How to use this book
  • Activities cross-reference table
  • 1 Language: Reading
  • 2 Language: Writing
  • 3 Cognitive: Science
  • 4 Cognitive: Mathematics
  • 5 Aesthetic and creative activities
  • 6 Physical development
  • 7 Special self-help skills
  • 8 The first critical years
  • 9 Best child care practices
  • 10 Strategies for facilitating play
  • Activity index