Download or read book Spark Curriculum for Early Childhood written by Beverly S. Lewman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher directed and prescriptive, the Spark Curriculum is a literacy-based creative arts curriculum in which young children learn developmental and school readiness skills by actively attending to children's stories. Focusing on specific concepts in a variety of children books, teachers and children then participate in activities based on music, art, and drama that reinforce a simple theme or concept for the day -- like loud and soft, or big and small.The Spark Curriculum Guide will give teachers an overview of the Spark model as well as how implement and adapt the curriculum to their classroom.