NEW - Included at no additional charge with every new copy of this text, the Early Childhood Settings and Approaches DVD consists of 8 video segments filmed in 2005 in various early childhood centers and schools in the Miami, Florida area . They feature an Infant and Toddler Setting, Child Care Setting, Kindergarten Classroom, Primary Classroom, Head Start Program, Montessori Program, Reggio Emilia Program, and High/Scope Program. o Each segment, ranging in length from 7 to 9 minutes each, provides novices the opportunity to see what they are reading about in their coursework and gain a deeper understanding of their role as a teacher and the developmental needs of young children. Focuses on children between infancy and age eight. Pg. ___ Balances theory and research with practical application, developing a complete knowledge base on which to build skills for teaching strategies and methods of introducing curriculum content to young children. Pg.___ Bases coverage on an open, integrated approach to early childhood education, but considers other approaches to cultivate the well-roundedness required to meet the needs of all of today's children.

Pg.___ Presents the curriculum areas of art, music, the language arts, science, math, health and safety, and the social studies in a way that forms an integrated whole. Pg.___ Features a complete discussion of children with special needs in a separate chapter, and includes suggestions and ideas for working with special needs children and their families throughout the book. Pg.___ Builds a foundation for working with children from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Pg.___ Covers play as the integrator of curriculum in an in-depth chapter and offers specific suggestions for teaching content through play in each of the curriculum content chapters.

Pg.___ Includes in each chapter content from the position papers and guidelines of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Association for Childhood Education International. Pg.___ Each chapter offers new projects that ask students to practice the skills of reflective teachers. Pg.___ Adds cultural-contextual theories of development and a section on learning to observe young children to Chapter 2. Pg.___ Provides a new inclusion model as the foundation for Chapter 3.

Pg.___ Highlights planning for thematic or project learning in the chapter on planning to teach, including an example of how a teacher actually plans a unit. Pg.___.