DOUBLE TAP TO ZOOM WITH PHONE OR TABLET Published by Redleaf Press 10 Yorkton Court St. Paul, MN 55117 www.redleafpress.org © 2013 by Gaye Gronlund All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted on a specific page, no portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or capturing on any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a critical article or review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper, or electronically transmitted on radio, television, or the Internet. Portions of this book were first published in Focused Early Learning by Gaye Gronlund, © 2003. First edition 2013 Cover design by Jim Handrigan Cover photograph © Segrey Galushko/Veer Interior design by Ryan Scheife, Mayfly Design Typeset in Whitman Photograph on page 168 by Kathy Stewart Photograph on page 188 by MediaDesigns, Inc. Photograph on page 214 by Gail Holtz Excerpts on pages 5, 101, 117, 120–121, 231, and 235 are from Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8, 3rd ed., edited by Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp. Copyright © 2009 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Reprinted with permission.  Excerpts on page 157 are from “Developing Young Children’s Self-Regulation through Everyday Experiences,” Young Children 66 (4): 46–51, by Ida Rose Florez. Copyright ©2011 NAEYC. Reprinted with permission.  Excerpt on page 156 is from “Learn to Say Yes! When You Want to Say No! to Create Cooperation instead of Resistance,” Young Children 66 (4): 40–44, by Katharine Kersey and Marie Masterson. Copyright © 2011 NAEYC. Reprinted with permission.  Excerpts on pages 27, 30, and 197 are from Early Childhood Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation: Building an Effective, Accountable System in Programs for Children Birth through Age 8, a position statement from NAEYC and NAECS/SDE (National Association for the Education of Young Children and National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education [www. naeyc.org/positionstatements/cape]). Copyright © 2003 NAEYC and NAECS/SDE. Reprinted with permission.  Printed in the United States of America 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gronlund, Gaye, 1952-     Planning for play, observation, and learning in preschool and kindergarten / Gaye Gronlund.        p. cm.     Includes bibliographical references and index.     ISBN 978-1-60554-113-6 (pbk.)     1. Play. 2. Education, Preschool—Curricula. 3. Kindergarten—Curricula. 4. Curriculum planning.   I. Title.   LB1140.35.P55G76 2012   372.21—dc23                                                             2012032226 Printed on acid-free paper COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL