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- 1. It’s OK toPlay! How to recognize Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- 2. What is DAP? Developmentallyappropriate practice is based on: • Knowledge about how children develop and learn • What should be learned and how it would best be learned depending on developmental level • Our understanding of the relationships between early experience and subsequent development – http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/dap3.asp
- 3. Why use DAP? •Areas of children's development physical, social, emotional, and cognitive are closely related. Development in one area influences and is influenced by development in other areas. http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/dap3.asp
- 4. • Development andlearning occur in and are influenced by multiple social and cultural contexts. – http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/dap3.asp
- 5. • Children areactive learners, drawing on direct physical and social experience as well as cul- turally transmitted knowledge to construct their own understandings of the world around them. http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/dap3.asp
- 6. • Play isan important vehicle for children's social, emotional, and cognitive development, as well as a reflection of their development. – http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/dap3.asp
- 7. Where is DAP? (Where should DAP be???) • Anywhere! • As parents it is your responsibility to ensure your child is receiving DAP: – In a center – In a home setting – In a classroom – In a group setting (afterschool, field trips, sports games, church, etc.)
- 8. Observing The Learning Environment Well defined centers/areas Materials for centers/areas Focus on literacy and fine motor skills and many print-rich opportunities! Room Arrangement Traffic Patterns Aesthetic Appeal
- 9. Centers/Areas LargeGroup and Circle Time C Music and Silly Sounds S Science and Math S Blocks/Trucks S Housekeeping S Art S Remember. . . Literacy and fine motor skills abound!
- 10. Literacy It’s EVERYWHERE! • Books • Puppets • Flannel Boards • Daily Schedule • Labels • Names • Fingerplays • Music and Dance • Rhymes
- 12. Print Rich Environment • Model Correct Print • Labels, Labels, Labels • Name Recognition • Daily Schedule Pocket Chart • Meaningful Print • Books available in centers • Graphing, voting, writing • “What noise does a turtle make?”
- 13. Fine Motor Development •What - use of hand and finger muscles to increase dexterity • Why – to increase ability to perform self help skills and later increase writing skills • How. . .
- 14. Fine Motor • Puzzles • Beads • Snaps/Zippers/Buttons • Legos • Sensory: Beans, rice, Sand, shaving Cream, mud! •
- 15. Large Group • Books • Circle Time • Discussions • Class Rules • Games • Music/Dance • Large Motor Activities • Social Skills
- 16. Science and Math • Sensory table/tub • Experiments • Bubbles • Food color • Shaving cream • Simple Recipes • Plants & Animals • Small toys for – Counting, sorting, classifying, measuring • Calendar and Weather
- 17. Blocks/Trucks • Unit Blocks •Brick blocks • Homemade blocks (juice cartons, food boxes, etc.) • Large push trucks • Small cars/trucks • Road map rug • People, animals, characters • Materials to “make a scene”
- 18. Housekeeping • Kitchen set • Food/Dishes • Variety of dolls • Broom/Mop/Vacuum • Dress up clothes/Shoes/Hats • Change often to fit theme (Pizza Parlor, Barber Shop, Camping…)
- 19. Music • House holditems • Pots, pans, spoons • Bottle shakers • Blank CDs • Dance, clap, shake, sway, rock to rhythm • How does the music make you feel? • Close your eyes…What do you see?
- 20. Silly Sounds • Rhyme and Repetition • Animal Sounds • Nursery Rhymes and Finger Plays • Let child finish the line – “Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse ran up the _____.”
- 21. “Process” Art • Tempera Paint • Finger Paint • Watercolors • Drawing • Easel • Collage • Stamps • NOT “PROJECT ART” • Limit “CRAFTS”
- 22. Softness • Couches • Cushions • Pillows • Rugs • Curtains • Textures
- 23. Aesthetic Appeal What doyou “C”? • Centers • Colorful • Clean • Clutter-free • Cozy • Child friendly