Social Studies for the Preschool/Primary Child

For Social Studies in Early Childhood Education and Curriculum in Early Childhood Education courses. This popular text provides a multitude of practical ideas, suggestions, and activities that prospective early childhood teachers can use to both interest young children in social studies and integrate social studies with other sciences, art, literature, mathematics, reading, and writing. Because play is the basic means of young children's learning, the text offers a full chapter on the topic and incorporates ideas for playing throughout the material. There is a new emphasis on the use of such technology as e-mail, digital cameras, and the World Wide Web in this edition; and, current NAEYC standards for quality, curriculum, and professional preparation are thoroughly incorporated.Seefeldt, Carol is the author of 'Social Studies for the Preschool/Primary Child', published 2004 under ISBN 9780131408128 and ISBN 0131408127.