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Early childhood educators know how important it is to choose the right materials to include in your infant and toddler program. There are so many options, and often your budget won't stretch cover everything you'd like to include. With this guide, discover ideas for both familiar and new play materials and how they not only support the cognitive, physical, and social and emotional development of children from birth to age 3 but also meet the diverse needs of individual children. With a thoughtful selection of appropriate materials, you can enhance the quality of your program and create an…mehr

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Early childhood educators know how important it is to choose the right materials to include in your infant and toddler program. There are so many options, and often your budget won't stretch cover everything you'd like to include. With this guide, discover ideas for both familiar and new play materials and how they not only support the cognitive, physical, and social and emotional development of children from birth to age 3 but also meet the diverse needs of individual children. With a thoughtful selection of appropriate materials, you can enhance the quality of your program and create an accessible, inclusive, and equity-based environment that makes all children feel welcome.
Autorenporträt
Mary Benson McMullen, PhD, is a professor of early childhood education at Indiana University (IU), where she has been on faculty since 1993. After graduating from Michigan State University with her bachelor's degree, marriage, and the birth of her first son, Mary began studying child development at Florida State University where she earned MS and PhD degrees. During and shortly after her graduate education, she also worked as a caregiver and teacher of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, and then as an early childhood program director, before accepting her position at IU. At IU, she teaches courses to preservice and in-service early childhood teaching professionals, as well as to doctoral students who plan to become teacher education scholars. Mary's primary research interests involve factors that influence quality early care and education for infants and toddlers; healthy overall growth, development, learning, and well-being of young children (birth through age 5); teaching beliefs and practices across cultures and contexts; and looking at factors that influence and ensure the well-being of professionals who care for young children. She has published dozens of articles for both research and teaching journals, as well as numerous book chapters. She is coeditor of the 2019 book, The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education. Mary lives in Bloomington, Indiana, where she and her husband of 37 years raised their three sons.