Introduction

• The Leader as Keeper of the Faith by Roger Neugebauer

Chapter 1: Understanding Child Development

• Friendship – Loving: What Early Childhood Education is All About by Ashley Montagu
• What Should Young Children be Learning? by Lilian G. Katz
• The Effects of Culture on Thinking by Barbara Bowman
• Primed for Learning: The Young Child’s Mind by Karen Stephens
• Building Brains One Relationship at a Time by Gina Lebedeva
• The Wisdom of Children by Ruth A. Wilson

Chapter 2: Crafting the Curriculum

• Designing a Curriculum for Early Childhood Teachers and Caregivers by Lawrence J. Schweinhart
• Everyday Differentiation: How Administrators Support Differentiation of Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Classrooms by Ann Gadzikowski
• The Importance of Order by Jim Greenman
• Taking a Stand on Standards of Experience by Lilian G. Katz
• Responding to Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Early Childhood Programs by Francis Wardle
• Preparing Bicultural, Bilingual Children to Succeed in School by Hazel Osborn
• A Journey towards Inclusion by Kate Jordan-Downs
• The Intangibles in the Early Childhood Classroom by Carol B. Hillman
• Universal Early Childhood Curriculum Principles by Lawrence J. Schweinhart and Diane Trister Dodge

Chapter 3: Designing the Space

• The Physical Environment: A Powerful Regulator of Experience by Elizabeth Prescott
• Places to Live: Important Dimensions of Child Care Settings by Jim Greenman
• How to Create an Environment that Counteracts Stereotyping by Alice Sterling Honig
• Places for ALL Children: Building Environments for Differing Needs by Diane Trister Dodge
• Children Need to Live in the Real World by Jim Greenman
• Planning Intentionally for Children’s Outdoor Environments The Gift of Change by Nancy Rosenow
• Are Your Children in Times Square? Moving from Confinement to Engagement by Sandra Duncan and Michelle Salcedo
• Creating Environments that Intrigue and Delight Children and Adults by Wendy Shepherd and Jennifer Eaton

Chapter 4: Evaluating the Program

• Looking at the Quality of Early Childhood Programs by Lilian G. Katz
• Measuring the Quality of Early Childhood Organizations Guidelines for Effective Evaluation Tools by Ann S. Epstein
• Learning to See… Seeing to Learn The Role of Observation in Early Childhood Development by Diane C. MacLean
• Are We Doing Things Just Because We’ve Always Done Them this Way? by Kim Turner
• Questions to Guide Our Work by Margie Carter
• Conducting a Realistic Self-assessment with the Environmental Rating Scal by Thelma Harms
• Seeing Children’s Lively Minds at Work by Deb Curtis
• Be the Change You Wish to See in Your Program by Elizabeth Beavers and Donna Kirkwood