发展适宜性教育(DAP)的概念是全美幼教协会在上世纪八十年代提出来的,并成为评价幼儿园课程与教学质量的一个重要标准。它包括两个方面:教育要适应幼儿的年龄;教育要适应每一个幼儿的特点。但是,正如全美幼教协会自己指出的那样,这个概念不是一种课程。要将这个概念转化为具体的幼儿园课程, The concept of developing appropriate education (DAP) was proposed by the National Early Childhood Education Association in the 1980s and has become an important criterion for evaluating kindergarten curricula and teaching quality. It includes two aspects: education should adapt to the age of young children; education should adapt to the characteristics of each child. However, as the National Association of Early Childhood Education points out, this concept is not a course. To translate this concept into a specific kindergarten curriculum,