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Implement Universal Design for Learning in your preschool or kindergarten classroom
Creating Young Expert Learners is an accessible and engaging guide for early childhood educators. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for the proactive design of classroom instruction, with an emphasis on meeting the needs of learners of all abilities in the classroom. With three principles at its core—multiple means of engagement, multiple means of representation, and multiple means action and expression—UDL is based in the science of learning to ensure that classroom instruction offers the supports needed to help young children become expert learners who take ownership of their own learning.Creating Young Expert Learners includes a theoretical introduction to the concept of UDL as it applies to young children, as well as practical examples of common early childhood learning units designed within a UDL framework. Vignettes and examples help early childhood educators connect the theory to practice and sample learning units are included for teachers to use in their own classrooms. Use UDL to help you design your teaching to reach all the children in your early childhood program.
Marla Lohmann provides an indispensable roadmap for understanding universal design for learning in the early childhood education context. Through rich and engaging vignettes, multiple comprehensive strategy descriptions, and connections to additional resources, Marla gives us the information needed to not just understand the concepts but actually move to implementation. With this resource early childhood educators can hit the ground running as they create learning environments in which each and every child can thrive.
—Eva Horn, author of Six Steps to Inclusive Preschool Curriculum: A UDL-Based Framework, professor emeritus School of Education and Human Development, University of Kansas–Lawrence
She is the author of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports for Preschool and Kindergarten.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Young Expert Learners
Chapter 2: Multiple Means of Engagement
Chapter 3: Multiple Means of Representation
Chapter 4: Multiple Means of Action and Expression
Chapter 5: Designing Lesson Plans from a UDL Framework
Chapter 6: Applying the UDL Framework to Collaborations with Others & Personal Professional Development