DAP

DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES
 DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES

FIVE GUIDELINES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING:

1. Caring Community:
- Preschoolers need to feel cared about to assist in Learning

- Children will also learn more effectively learn when they feel
emotionally safe with their teachers and peers.
 DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES

FIVE GUIDELINES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING:

2. Age-Appropriate-Activities:
- Preschoolers are learning at a very basic Level.
- Lessons need to be on their Developmental level.
 DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES

FIVE GUIDELINES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING:

3. Learning Centers:
- These are stations that allow teachers to lead students thru
targeted lessons in order to reach specific goals in smaller
Groups.
- This gives students are way to get more close up interaction with
the content in certain areas.
 DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES

FIVE GUIDELINES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING:

4. Learning Outcomes:
- Teachers must consider what they want students to learn as they
plan & prepare Lessons.
 DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES

FIVE GUIDELINES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING:

5. Establish Relationships:
- Lessons & Activities should be planned to assist preschoolers in establishing
relationships with their peers.
- Teachers should also establish relationships to assist in social/emotional
development.
- This will assist in emotional as well as cognitive development.
 DAP - LEARNING CENTERS
Math
● Counting mats
● Number tracing/writing
● Large clock
● Materials for measuring
● Assortment of objects for counting
● Geometric shapes
● Play money
 DAP - LEARNING CENTERS
Science
● Fish aquarium
● Magnets
● Bird feeder
● Seeds
● Thermometer
● Compass
● Shells and rocks to observe and classify
● Magnifying glass
● Scales
 DAP - LEARNING CENTERS
Literacy
· “Rainbow” write name
· Homemade “books”
· ABC magnets to build names and words
Words with pictures of objects on cards to reference
· Matching Game using letters or words
· Classroom Library – books to just “read”
· Choose a letter and do activities around that letter.
· Activities that teach the ABC’s
 DAP - LEARNING CENTERS
Art Construction
● Crayons ● Blocks
● Colored pencils ● Car track
● Scissors ● Unifix cubes
● Glue ● Dominos
● Play dough
● Coloring pages
● Puzzles
● Blank paper
● Transportation and traffic
● Scraps of colored paper ● Lincoln Logs
● Magazines and catalogs
 DAP - LEARNING CENTERS
Dramatic Play Center
● Kitchen / house
● Ice Cream Shop
● Mail / Post Office ● Bakery
● Store ● Bank
● Library ● School
● Restaurant ● House
● Puppets and stage ● Beach
● ETC...
● Costumes and hats
● Doctors