NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
By leveraging children's natural curiosity, educators can offer a wide range of equity-based opportunities to learn about social studies principles every single day.
The authors in this collection examine their own identities by looking at their histories; reflecting on how their identities that arise from group memberships influence their teaching.
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Authored by:
Barbara Henderson, Isauro M. Escamilla, Megina Baker, Amanda Branscombe, Maleka Donaldson, Debra Murphy, Andrew J. Stremmel
In this article, I present some key findings about how infants build the foundations of social connection through eye gaze and facial emotion processing.
Scholar Amanda LaTasha Armstrong discusses ways that educators can ensure the children and families in their settings see themselves represented in technology and media.
Thanks to their knowledge of child development and developmentally appropriate practice, it is possible for educators of the very young to select and use technology that enhances learning, creativity, and interactions with others.