The document discusses different approaches to planning early childhood education, focusing on the developmental approach. This approach organizes activities to help children develop skills in key areas including social, physical, language, intellectual, creative, and emotional domains. It encourages exploring children's interests while addressing multiple developmental areas through each activity. The document also briefly mentions emergent, project-based, and thematic programming approaches.

1. The Programming Cycle Observe Reflect Research Implement Plan 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

2. Practitioner Roles Understands how children grow and develop. Plans experiences that support the development of the child. Treats each child with respect. Dietze, B. (2006). Foundations of Early Childhood Education p. 173 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

3. Approaches To Planning Developmental Approach Focuses on development of the whole child with special consideration of developing skills. (SPLICE) S ocial P hysical L anguage I ntellectual C reative E motional 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

4. Social behavior, empathy, friends, family, community, family, manners etc. 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

5. Physical small motor, large motor, sensory, co-ordination, balance, etc. 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

6. Language vocabulary, listening, reading, writing, etc. 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

7. Intellectual/Cognitive memory, concept formation, comparing, measuring, problem solving, etc. 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

8. Creative self – expression, individuality, creating, developing, designing, etc. 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

9. Emotional feelings, self-concept, empathy, etc. 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

10. Developmental Approach cont. This approach primarily organizes activities that help children acquire competence in the different areas of development. 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

11. Developmental Approach cont. This approach encourages opportunities for children to explore, to discover, and build on their own interests. Although you may plan activities to focus on one developmental area, other areas of development will be effected 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

12. Early Learning Experience Centres 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

13. Programming Approaches cont. 2. Emergent programming 3. Project based programming 4. Thematic based programming 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld

14. References Dietze, B. (2006). Foundations of early childhood education. Toronto: Pearson Canada. Dietze, B. & Kashin, D. (2012). Playing and learning in early childhood education. Toronto: Pearson Canada. 12/02/11 ED 120 Created by Joanne McDoanld