Day to Day the Relationship Way
Creating Responsive Programs for Infants and Toddlers
This book outlines children’s development from birth through age 3 and emphasizes how teachers can provide young children the protection, affection, and emotional connections they need to thrive through sensitive and responsive interactions, relevant curriculum plans, learning environments, and relationships. Additional topics include
- Understanding the importance of relationships with children and their families
- Planning learning experiences based on social connections
- Selecting toys and materials that support children’s development
- How to grow as a professional
This comprehensive book will likely be used by professors as a primary or supplemental course textbook.
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. The books it publishes advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children. NAEYC books, which are subject to a rigorous peer-review process, guide the field of early childhood education.
Donna S. Wittmer received her PhD from Syracuse University. She taught behavioral pediatrics at Upstate Medical Center and also provided early intervention assessment and intervention services on the Onondaga Indian Nation. She was a professor of early childhood/early childhood special education at the University of Colorado Denver for 17 years. Donna is a fellow of Zero to Three.
Donna coauthored Infant and Toddler Development and Responsive Program Planning (4th ed.), Endless Possibilities (2nd ed.), and The Young Child from Birth to 8 (7th ed.). Her most recent books include From Biting to Hugging—Understanding Social Development in Infants and Toddlers and Crying and Laughing—Understanding the Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers. She is the author of numerous articles on early childhood education and has presented at many NAEYC and Zero to Three conferences.
Alice Sterling Honig, PhD, is professor emerita of child development at Syracuse University, where for 36 years she directed the annual National Quality Infant/Toddler Caregiving Workshop. She received the university’s highest honor, the Chancellor’s Citation for Exceptional Academic Achievement.
Dr. Honig has published 600 articles and book chapters, more than two dozen books, and several videos for parents and caregivers. She served as Research in Review editor for NAEYC’s peer-reviewed journal, Young Children, for six years and has lectured widely in the United States and abroad.
Dr. Honig was program director of the Children’s Center, a pioneer enrichment project serving infants and young children and their families in Syracuse. As a volunteer she led sessions for the Onondaga County Mental Health Association to help parents with difficult divorce and custody issues. In 2013 she presented the first Dr. Alice Honig award in China to a prominent Beijing pediatrician. In 2015 Dr. Bettye Caldwell endowed an undergraduate Falk College scholarship in Dr. Honig’s name.
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