Creative Curriculum
Creative Curriculum Origins
Creative curriculum
rests on a firm foundation of research and responds to new
requirements for addressing academic content. The approach
from its beginnings has been developed based on the theories
and research that inform decision making in the early childhood
field. The works of Piaget, Maslow, Erikson, Smilansky, Vygotsky,
and Gardner are all implemented in creative curriculum. Creative
Curriculum helps children acquire social competence and the
skills they need to succeed as learners.
Teachers Role in Creative Curriculum
The Creative Curriculum
approach takes a look at the teacher and helps them observe
children more purposefully. Through these observations, the
teacher is able to comprise a plan which can be administered
to the individual or to the whole group. The Creative Curriculum
approach enables teachers to integrate content learning and
bring it into everyday experiences.
Creative Curriculum Framework
The Creative Curriculum framework is composed of five
components. Each of these five components is applied to 11
areas that have already been definied. These five components:
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Components
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Interet
Areas
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- How Children
Develop & Learn
- The Learning
Environment
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- Blocks
- Dramatic
play
- Toys &
games
- Art
- Library
- Discovery
- Sand &
water
- Music &
movement
- Cooking
- Computers
- Outdoors
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Creative
Curriculum and Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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