15. What Curriculum Looks Like for Infants and Toddlers
Learning Objectives
By the end of the chapter, you should be able to:
- Distinguish how curriculum planning for infants and toddlers is unique from planning for older children
- Describe typical infant and toddler development
- Explain how relationships are the basis for learning and development during infancy and toddlerhood
- Discuss the overarching principles of planning curriculum for infants and toddlers
- Connect how infants and toddlers learn to specific ways caregivers and teachers can facilitate that process
- Relate the role of observation in curriculum planning for infants and toddlers
- Summarize how to support the foundations in social-emotional development, language development, cognitive development, and perception and motor development during infancy and toddlerhood
A majority of this book is focused mostly on children aged 3 to 5 years. But, it is important to note how curriculum for the youngest children is a bit different. While the content in this chapter could, and often is, the focus on an entire class, this chapter will highlight some important considerations when planning and implementing curriculum with infants and toddlers.
