During these important years of birth to eight a childs physical, intellectual, emotional, and social growth should be supported within the hom, child-care facility, school, and community.
Each child learns and develops differently.
The philosophy of developmentally appropriate practice practice promotes this thinking and is identified by the national association for the education of young childern (NAEYC) as the outcome of a process of teacher decision making that draws on at least three critical, interrelated bodies of knowledge: