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Complementary Curriculum Approach: Transform Your Practice Through Intentional Teaching
The Complementary Curriculum Approach weaves together four teaching intentions - compelling materials, explicit presentation, responsive scaffolding, and following children’s interests - to support rich play and learning. Invigorate your teaching practice with these powerful tools drawn from Dewey, Montessori, Vygotsky, and Malaguzzi. This practical and inspiring guide was written by and for early care and education professionals
who want to trade 'harried and chaotic' for 'settled and engaged.'
Drawing on the wisdom of pioneers in early childhood education and development, they take that wisdom and use it as ingredients to produce the feast in the classroom they call a “complementary curriculum”, all to “Create the beautiful spaces, offer the energizing choices, and seize the opportunities for playful learning that brought you into the field.” – their words that define their own beautiful mission.
W. George Scarlett, Ph.D., Sr. Lecturer and Tisch Sr. Fellow, Tufts University
The Complementary Curriculum Approach takes educational theories and practices that have strong foundations and uses a fresh look to bring them together to better meet the social-emotional and cognitive needs of all children by providing them with agency and choice. Ponte and Kuh describe 4 intentions for teaching and believe “teaching with intention means teaching for equity.” The practical strategies and examples in this accessible book will help teachers have a more organized, engaged, and joyful classroom for learning.
-Debbie LeeKeenan, Lecturer, author, consultant, AntibiasLeadersECE.com
The Complementary Curriculum Approach is the book that we have waited our careers to find. This intentional, thoughtful and practical guide for how to draw from the most well-regarded pedagogies and current research guides leaders, teachers and parents so that they do not have to choose between play, Montessori or Reggio. Instead, this text shows us how to balance the best methodologies and integrate curriculum to truly create high-quality early childhood experiences like never before. We look forward to using this work to support every teacher in and entering the field. This is a foundational text that needs to be on every educator’s bookshelf alongside the The Hundred Languages of Children, The Absorbent Mind, Mind and Society and Democracy and Education. Kuh and Chin Ponte serve to synthesize the history and future of education for our times just as Montessori, Vygotsky, Dewey and Malaguzzi did for theirs.
Cady Audette and Kelly Pellagrini, co-directors at Charlestown Nursery School
who want to trade 'harried and chaotic' for 'settled and engaged.'
Drawing on the wisdom of pioneers in early childhood education and development, they take that wisdom and use it as ingredients to produce the feast in the classroom they call a “complementary curriculum”, all to “Create the beautiful spaces, offer the energizing choices, and seize the opportunities for playful learning that brought you into the field.” – their words that define their own beautiful mission.
W. George Scarlett, Ph.D., Sr. Lecturer and Tisch Sr. Fellow, Tufts University
The Complementary Curriculum Approach takes educational theories and practices that have strong foundations and uses a fresh look to bring them together to better meet the social-emotional and cognitive needs of all children by providing them with agency and choice. Ponte and Kuh describe 4 intentions for teaching and believe “teaching with intention means teaching for equity.” The practical strategies and examples in this accessible book will help teachers have a more organized, engaged, and joyful classroom for learning.
-Debbie LeeKeenan, Lecturer, author, consultant, AntibiasLeadersECE.com
The Complementary Curriculum Approach is the book that we have waited our careers to find. This intentional, thoughtful and practical guide for how to draw from the most well-regarded pedagogies and current research guides leaders, teachers and parents so that they do not have to choose between play, Montessori or Reggio. Instead, this text shows us how to balance the best methodologies and integrate curriculum to truly create high-quality early childhood experiences like never before. We look forward to using this work to support every teacher in and entering the field. This is a foundational text that needs to be on every educator’s bookshelf alongside the The Hundred Languages of Children, The Absorbent Mind, Mind and Society and Democracy and Education. Kuh and Chin Ponte serve to synthesize the history and future of education for our times just as Montessori, Vygotsky, Dewey and Malaguzzi did for theirs.
Cady Audette and Kelly Pellagrini, co-directors at Charlestown Nursery School
258 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 2, 2022
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January 27, 2024
A great framework to build upon educational philosophy and maximize time with students to improve learning outcomes.
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