ACC’s Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education

An Open Educational Resource Textbook

This Open Educational Resources Publication was originally written by Washington State Early Childhood Faculty and has been edited by Arapahoe Community College Faculty.

Lead Peer Editors: Dr. Mary Garguile, Olympic College, and Christie Fierro, Olympic College

Arapahoe Community College Editors: Erin Jones, Caroline Blair Pettit, and Dawn Steele Brown

This is Version 1.2

This is licensed under a _________________________License. 

Author and Review Statement

Introduction to Early Childhood Education Open Education Resources Textbook was originally written for the common course ECED 105 Introduction to Early Childhood Education and was produced with support from funding secured through the Carl D. Perkins Act.

Authors

This book was a collaboratively written textbook by Early Childhood Faculty from around Washington State. The following contributed to the completion of this textbook:

Gayle Julian, Project Coordinator, Olympic College

Brenda Boyd, Washington State University

Angela Blums, Pierce Community College

Chris Moon, South Puget Sound Community College

Davida Sharpe-Haygood, Pierce Community College

Jennifer Karshna, Tacoma Community College

Sharene Leek, Pierce Community College

Ardene Neimer, Olympic College

Ninder Gill, North Seattle Community College

This book has been adapted for use in Colorado and is an edited OER textbook written by Early Childhood Faculty from Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado. The following contributed to the completion of this textbook:

Erin Jones, EdS, ECSE, MBA, Arapahoe Community College

Dawn Brown, MA, Arapahoe Community College

Caroline Pettit, MA, Arapahoe Community College

Peer Review

This book has been peer reviewed by 11 subject experts from five higher education institutions and one Early Childhood Agency in Washington State. Each chapter received an open and collaborative review from two reviewers, one based on their area of expertise and another with required specific knowledge in accessibility and annotations. In addition, an overall review of the text for continuity was conducted by a content area expert.

Reviews were structured around considerations of the intended audience of the book and examined the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and relevance of content. Reviews were also focused on relevance, longevity, clarity, consistency, organizational structure flow, grammatical errors, and cultural relevance.

Gayle Julian would like to thank the review team for the time, care, and commitment they contributed to the project. I recognize that peer reviewing is a generous act of service on their part. This book would not be the robust, valuable resource that it is were it not for their feedback and input.

Reviewers included:

Sophie Truman, Lake Washington Technical College

Linda Felch, Clover Park Technical College

Jessica Kirchhofer, Western Washington University

Hannah Mechler, Grays Harbor College

Brandi Renis, Lake Washington Technical College

Holly Lanoue, Olympic College

Mary Garguile, Olympic College

Meka Riggins, Child Care Aware of Washington

Sharon Romppanen, Bellevue College

Shanti Connors, Lake Washington Technical College

Sally Holloway, Whatcom Community College

Administrative Support:

Danessa Gray, Olympic College

The authors and reviewers would like to thank Workforce Development Dean Amy Hatfield at Olympic College for her support in securing funding through the Carl D. Perkins Act for this collaborative project.