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The Primary Program - Second Edition

The Primary Program: Growing and Learning in the Heartland ©2001
Table of Contents
Introduction
Philosophy
Goals
      Position Statements
  • The Primary Program for all Children
  • Achieving High Standards
  • Ethics in Early Childhood Education
  • Home, School, & Community Partnerships that Work
  • Building Effective School Teams
  • Active Learning Through Play
  • Teaching to the Ways Children Learn
  • School Readiness
  • Tracking and Retention
  • Assessment of Young Children
  • Class Size
  • Technology and Young Children
  • Grouping or Learning
  • Position Statement Resources
  • Code of Ethical Conduct
Widely Held Expectations
  • Aesthetic and Artistic Development
  • Social and Emotional Development
  • Intellectual Development
  • Physical Development and Well Being
  • Development of Responsibility
  • Reading Development
  • Writing Development
  • Mathematics Development
Tools for Teachers
Purposes & Principles of Assessment and Evaluation
Ordering Information
 
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