TY - BOOK AU - Chaillé,Christine TI - Constructivism across the curriculum in early childhood classrooms: big ideas as inspiration SN - 0205348548 AV - LB1523 .C43 2008 PY - 2008///] CY - Boston PB - Pearson/Allyn and Bacon KW - Education, Primary KW - Curricula KW - United States KW - Education, Preschool KW - Constructivism (Education) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index; Big ideas: a framework for constructivist curriculum; -- Light as an introduction to big ideas; -- The constructivist teacher: issues in implementation; -- Balancing acts; -- Zooming in and out; -- Playing with sound; -- Upside down and inside out: wacky curriculum; -- Chain reactions: one thing leads to another; -- Transformation; -- Epilogue ER -