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Planning Developmentally Appropriate ECCE Curriculum

• What resources are needed

• How to change and adapt the play environment
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• What time in the day particular activities will take place

• Who will be there and what her/his role might be

• How the learning will be assessed

However, it is important to include the interest of each child in the plan developed
for the group. Let us know more about short term planning in terms of weekly
and daily programme schedules.

Weekly Planning: It is a part of short term planning. As themes involve planning
for over a week or over a longer period, it may be better to identify sub-themes
for different days of the week and then decide on the activities as per the daily
programme /schedule to explore different aspects of the theme. It has been
observed that thematic approach makes learning not only easy and interesting
but also enables children to master basic concepts better. Let us find out the steps

in developing a weekly plan:
• Selection of theme for the week

• Listing activities related to the theme
• Deciding daily schedule of activities such as what will be done on the first

day, second day, etc.

• Setting goals for each activity

• Preparing material required for organizing each activity

• Organising and arranging the classroom environment according to the theme
and the activities selected

Daily Plan/Schedule: This is often drawn up by the teacher to provide a systematic
guide to activities during the day. Daily plan includes:

• Variety of activities that are offered inside and outside the classroom

• Organising resources the children will use

• Special arrangements with regard to ensuring children’s participation
• Time given to different activities

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