Developmentally Appropriate Practice | NAEYC The DAP framework is grounded both in the research on child development and learning and in knowledge about educational effectiveness and promotes young children’s optimal learning and development
DAP: Defining Developmentally Appropriate Practice | NAEYC NAEYC defines “developmentally appropriate practice” as methods that promote each child’s optimal development and learning through a strengths-based, play-based approach to joyful, engaged learning
DAP: Teaching to Enhance Each Child’s Development and Learning Developmentally appropriate teaching practices encompass a wide range of skills and strategies that are adapted to the age, development, individual characteristics, and the family and social and cultural contexts of each child served