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Planning Developmentally Appropriate ECCE Curriculum

assessment of the children. The curriculum should be implemented in a
manner that reflects responsiveness to family/ home values, beliefs and
experiences. Notes

• The programme should provide opportunities for exploration and
experiential learning, promoting active engagement with people and
objects in the environment.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 12.2

Fill in the blanks:
(a) A high quality ECCE programme helps to ensure opportunities for ………..
……..development of the children.

(b) The ECCE programme should provide opportunities for ……………..and
experiential learning to the children.
(c) Learning opportunities should be ………………, linking learning
experiences across developmental domains.

(d) The activities planned should be age and ………………….. appropriate.

(e) The routine followed in an ECCE programme should foster a sense of………
…………… in children.

12.4 PLANNING AND DESIGNING AN ECCE PROGRAMMEME

Planning is essential for every aspect of human activities. In case of children’s
development, a complete absence of planning may leave the entire teaching learning

process disorganised, and fail to achieve desired goals. ECCE curriculum should
include activities for language, cognitive, physical and socio-emotional
development of children as goals for planning.

Planning is usually organized over three different time scales, which are linked and
follow on from each other. They are:-

Programme Planning

Long Term Planning Medium Term Planning Short Term Planning
Annual/Yearly Planning Monthly/Term Planning Weekly and Daily Planning

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