About the Author:

Deb Curtis and Margie Carter

Deb Curtis has spent the past forty years working with children and teachers in early childhood programs. She holds an MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College and has worked as an infant/toddler caregiver, preschool and school age child care teacher, CDA trainer, Head Start education coordinator, college instructor, and assistant director of a child care program. She is the coauthor of numerous professional learning books with Margie Carter, including?The Visionary Director, Training Teachers, The Art of Awareness, Reflecting Children’s Lives, Learning Together with Young Children, and Reflecting in Communities of Practice,?and the author of?Really Seeing Children.

Deb Curtis 's Books

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  • Description & More Details

    Published by Redleaf Press

    Reflective teaching—a continuous cycle of observing, documenting, and planning—supports children's learning and strengthens your teaching skills. Reflecting in Communities of Practice, a professional development workbook, will help you cultivate your creative, critical, and reflecting thinking skills through ten study sessions. Each session includes guided activities that focus on topics related to understanding the value and key elements of reflective teaching.

    80 pages

    $24.95  
  • Reflecting Children's Lives, 2nd Edition: A Handbook for Planning Child-Centered Curriculum

    Authors: Deb Curtis, Margie Carter

    Product Code:
    540399 (Softbound)
    541754 (e-book)
    ISBN:
    978-1-60554-039-9 (Softbound)
    978-1-60554-175-4 (e-book)
    Age Focus: 3-5

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    free sample chapter

    Make the complex task of creating a child-centered curriculum easier with the practical guidelines and ideas in this updated and expanded handbook. Learn how to sharpen your observation and documentation skills, set up your space, and transform your teaching to reflect children's interests and needs. Insightful classroom stories, assessment tools, checklists, comparative charts, and activities encourage new approaches and self-reflection as you plan your curriculum and put it into practice. Addressing new standards in early education, two new chapters focus on teaching academics in a meaningful way and guiding children as they play and learn.

    264 pages

    $34.95  
    $34.95  
  • Designs for Living and Learning, Second Edition: Transforming Early Childhood Environments

    Authors: Margie Carter, Deb Curtis

    Product Code:
    543727 (Softbound)
    543734 (e-book)
    ISBN:
    9781605543727 (Softbound)
    9781605543734 (e-book)
    Age Focus: 3-5
    Full Color

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    Published by Redleaf Press free sample Designs for Living and Learning Second Edition

    You likely have dreams for your early childhood environment that are greater than rating scales, regulations, and room arrangements. Designs for Living and Learning has been a favorite resource among educators and caregivers for more than a decade, and this new edition is packed with even more ideas that can be used as you create captivating environments that nurture children, families, and staff while supporting children's learning. With hundreds of all-new colorful photographs of real early learning settings and a multitude of simple and practical concepts for creative indoor and outdoor spaces and learning materials, this book truly is a source of inspiration as you learn how to shape welcoming spaces where children can learn and grow.

    Age focus: 3–5. Softbound, 360 pgs.

    $49.95  
    $49.95  
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