Picture This: Digital and Instant Photography Activities for Early Childhood Learning

This is a book for teachers who are adding technology to their classrooms in the form of computers, printers, and digital cameras. The authors show teachers and college students of education how to apply new technology in photography quickly and easily. The book includes eight content areas of the curriculum with ten sample lesson plans in each. Teachers can learn to create their own lesson plans, assemble a child′s portfolio for parents, and improve professional staff development. Curriculum areas include Language, Storytelling/Drama, Emerging Literacy, Social Studies, Physical, Mathematics, Sensory Exploration, and Science. At the end of each chapter, a sample checklist is included for tracking students′ progress. This is a practical, hands-on guide for childcare centrer administrators and employees, teachers, Head Start personnel, and anyone working to introduce young children to technology.… (more)