Teaching Young Children An Introduction

Michael Henniger is professor of early childhood education at Western Washington University, where he currently serves as Associate Dean of the Woodring College of Education. Prior to this and other administrative assignments, he taught early childhood education courses at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Central Washington University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Washington University for a total of 22 years. University teaching interests include preschool and primary curriculum, play, learning environments, and family/community involvement in education. While completing his doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Henniger taught preschool children in the university lab school. His public school experiences were in rural Alaska, where he taught first and second grades and high school mathematics.

In addition to numerous articles and presentations on play, playgrounds, parent/community involvement, and technology for young children, Dr. Henniger has authored/co-authored the following books: Working with Parents of Handicapped Children (with Elizabeth Nesselroad); American Education (7^th Edition) (with John Johansen and James Johnson); The Teaching Experience: An Introduction to Reflective Practice;and Teaching Young Children: An Introduction (4^th Edition).

Chapter 1:   Overview of the Profession

Chapter 2:    Historical Contexts

Chapter 3:   Early Childhood Program Models

Chapter 4:   Understanding How a Child Develops and Learns

Chapter 5:   Play in Childhood

Chapter 6:   Guiding Young Children

Chapter 7:   Working with Families and Communities

Chapter 8:   Diversity and Young Children

Chapter 9:   Planning the Physical Environment: Indoors

Chapter 10:  Planning the Physical Environment: Outdoors

Chapter 11:  Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum

Chapter 12:  Health and Wellness

Chapter 13:  Supporting Emotional and Social Development

Chapter 14:  Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Learning

Chapter 15:  Language and Literacy Learning

Chapter 16:  The Creative Arts

Chapter 17:  Technology and Young Children

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