Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8

by Carol Copple (editor), Sue Bredekamp (editor)

Bestseller! Since the first edition in 1987, NAEYC's book Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs has been an essential resource for the early child care field. Fully revised and expanded, the 2009 version comes with a supplementary CD containing readings on key topics, plus video examples showing developmentally appropriate practice in action. Based on what the research says about development, learning, and effective practices, as well as what experience tells us about teaching intentionally, DAP articulates the principles that should guide our decision making. Chapters describe children from birth through age 8 in detail, with extensive examples of appropriate practice for infant/toddler, preschool, kindergarten, and primary levels.

Genres: School, Education, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Teachers

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2009

Reviews

[Kelsey]

The title says it all. This is an easy-to-follow guide for developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs.

[Aesthetic Interpretation]

Good

[Janel]

This was one of the text books for a college class. It had some interesting points and good information, but was also very repetitive and dry. I suppose that's how most text books are though...

[Kayla]

DAP isn't a hard idea to understand. Sometimes this book beats you with information about DAP. It does what it means to do, inform the public about developmentally appropriate practices.

[Amber]

1 copy

[Melody Harmon]

This was a required text for one of the classes that I took in college. I enjoyed reading it. It had a lot of important information in it.