Candidates understand that teaching young children is complex and depends on the characteristics of the children and setting. They use positive relationships and interactions as the foundation of their work. Candidates know and use various developmentally appropriate approaches, strategies, and tools to connect with children and families and support each child's growth.

1. NAEYC Standard 4
Explained

2. Understanding Developmentally
Effective Approaches
Candidates prepared in early childhood degree programs understand
that teaching and learning with young children is a complex enterprise,
and its details vary depending on children's ages, characteristics, and
the settings within which teaching and learning occur.
They understand and use positive relationships and supportive
interactions as the foundation for their work with young children and
families.
Candidates know, understand, and use a wide array of
developmentally appropriate approaches, instructional strategies and
tools to connect with children and families and positively influence
each child's development and learning.

3. Key Elements of Standard 4
4a: Understanding positive relationships and supportive
interactions as the foundation of their work with young
children
4b: Knowing and understanding effective strategies and tools
for early education, including appropriate uses of technology
4c: Using a broad repertoire of developmentally appropriate
teaching / learning approaches
4d: Reflecting on own practice to promote positive outcomes
for each child

4. Teaching/Learning Approaches to Promote
Young Children's Development
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Using integrative approaches to curriculum

5. Setting up all aspects of
the indoor and outdoor
environment
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Teaching through social
interactions
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Creating support for play

6. Making the most of the
environment, schedule,
and routines
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Focusing on children's
individual
characteristics, needs,
and interests
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7. Supporting learning
through technology
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Fostering oral language
and communication
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8. ●
Addressing children's challenging behaviors

9. ●
Linking children's language and culture to the early childhood program

10. Standard 4 Summary
Teachers make decisions everyday regarding the
content of what they will teach and the methods they
will use to teach it. Teachers draw on their child
development knowledge and utilize prior
experiences to provide various approaches to
learning that will promote positive outcomes for
every child.

11. Resources

12. Sarah Breeden
February 5, 2014
ECED 260
Professor: R. Jones