 The Emotional Development of Young Children: Building an Emotion-centered Curriculumreviewed by Marilyn Atherley - 2004  Title: The Emotional Development of Young Children: Building an Emotion-centered CurriculumAuthor(s): Marilou Hyson Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York ISBN: 0807743429, Pages: 193, Year: 2004 Search for book at Amazon.com This is not a regular run-of-the-mill curriculum guide, with lesson objectives stated, text on what to say to students followed by specific activities or assigned tasks. But then again an emotion-centered curriculum cannot be like that. Although there are some specific social and emotional skills to be taught, there is such a variety of ways to teach them. In addition, the early childhood phase can be considered too soon for structured teaching of these skills. At this stage it is more important to create the atmosphere of emotional safety and model certain ways of responding to emotions. The very nature of emotions and how they operate in humans lends itself to a curriculum that is not fixed or stagnant. It is a challenge therefore to write a curriculum for teaching social and emotional skills to young children. Marilou Hyson has met this challenge adequately in this book. The Emotional Development of Young Children takes you through the process of understanding and responding to children’s emotions rather... (preview truncated at 150 words.) To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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