Course Description:

Appropriate curriculum and environments for children from birth to age 6. Teachers’ roles in supporting development and joy of learning for all children using observation and assessment and emphasizing the essential role of play through language, literacy, social/emotional learning, physical/motor activity, sensory learning, art, creativity, math and science. 

Textbook:  

Creating Environments for Learning: Birth to Age Eight, 3rd edition (2017); Bullard, Julie

ISBN 978-0-13-401455-5

Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s):

Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

1. Investigate and apply developmentally appropriate principles and teaching strategies to positively influence all young children’s development and acquisition of knowledge and skills.

2. Evaluate the teacher’s role in providing best and promising practices in early childhood programs.

3. Compare and contrast play-based curriculum that supports children’s cognitive, language, creative, physical, and social emotional development.

4. Design and implement curriculum based on observation and assessment to support play and learning using developmental, inclusive, and anti-bias principles in collaboration with families to support all children.

Adding Classes:

To add a course, try to register for it during the registration period.  If the course is full, you can register for the waiting list.  Students on the registered waiting list have priority in being added.  For more information on the waiting list process, visit waitlist information.   If the class and the waiting list are both full, the next step is to fill out a "class add request" in myRAM.  CCSF is no longer using add codes and now requires that student submit a request.  See instructions on page 22 in the myRAM Registration Guide.

Waitlist Information:

If you are registered for the waiting list for any of my classes, it is important that you regularly check your CCSF email address before the course starts. If a student drops the course before it starts, and you are next on the waiting list, you will be offered the spot via your CCSF email. You must respond within 24 hours confirming that you still want to add the class.  If you miss this email, the next person on the waiting list will be offered the spot and you will lose your place on the waitlist.  For more information on the waitlisting list process, visit waitlist information.

Important Dates

Fall Semester 2025:

CDEV 66, CRN 70396 Section 832, Online. This online class is asynchronous and there are no required meetings.  The class is not self-paced and will require you to fully participate with discussions, assignments, and quizzes.  You can expect to spend 6 hours or more each week reading, writing, and completing assignments. During the first week of this course, you will complete an online orientation (Module 0) that will help you get familiar with Canvas and the flow of this course.  There is an optional first day of class meeting/orientation on CityZoom.  This class is August 16 to August 19.

CDEV 66, CRN 70397 Section 001, In Person, Tuesdays, 9:10 am to 12:00.  Location: HBB 230 (Harry Britt Building formerly MUB), Ocean Campus. First day of class is August 19.  This class is August 29 to December 19.

Course Syllabus