Is the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence developmentally appropriate?

Question

Is the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence developmentally appropriate?

Answer 1

Over the past 15 years, the terms "developmentally appropriate" and "developmentally appropriate practice" have been used by different people to mean many different things. In the mid-'80s and early-'90s, these terms were often synonymous with the exclusion of any pre-academic instruction, such as the teaching of phonological awareness or letter knowledge, in preschool settings. In 1997, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), which originally coined these terms, issued a new position statement, modifying the definition of developmentally appropriate practice to bring it in line with current research on how young children learn. Since then, the NAEYC leadership has worked diligently to disseminate not only this revised position statement on developmentally appropriate practice, but also specific recommendations regarding effective preschool early literacy and math practices. Despite the efforts of NAEYC and despite the ever-increasing research-based support for a content-rich preschool curriculum, especially for poor children, there are still, unfortunately, many educators who cling to the outdated notion that developmentally appropriate practice means not teaching pre-academics to young children. One must therefore be cautious in interpreting the use of this term — different individuals often use it to mean different things.

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