Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves

by Louise Derman-Sparks & Julie Olsen Edwards

• Useful Links for Anti-Bias Educators
  Links to resources for children, teaching, and information centers and advocacy organizations.
   
• Anti-Bias Education: Holidays & Fairness 
  An excerpt from Anti-Bias Education on planning classroom activities during the holidays.

• How to Build an Anti-Bias Library (PDF)
  The five important steps to gathering a high-quality collection of children’s books that address anti-bias issues.

• Ten Steps for Reviewing Children’s Books (PDF)
  The visual and verbal messages young children absorb from books and other media strongly influence their ideas about themselves and others. Here are ten ways to review children’s books for misinformation and stereotypes.

• Q&A with the authors
  Read an online Q&A with authors Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards.

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Big Body Play: Why Boisterous, Vigorous, and Very Physical Play Is Essential to Children's Development and Learning

by Frances M. Carlson

• Q&A with the author
  Read an online Q&A with author Frances Carlson.

• Play and Children's Learning

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Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (3rd ed.)

by Carol Copple & Sue Bredekamp, eds.

• DAP resources
  More information and resources on developmentally appropriate practice.

• Q&A with the editors
  Read an online Q&A with editors Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp.

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Education for a Civil Society: How Guidance 

Teaches Young Children Democratic Life Skills

by Dan Gartrell

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Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator: Using the

NAEYC Code (2nd ed.)

by Stephanie Feeney & Nancy K. Freeman, with Peter J. Pizzolongo

• Q&A with the authors
  Read an online Q&A with authors Stephanie Feeney and Nancy Freeman.
   
• More resources on Ethics
  Read the Young Children column Focus on Ethics, learn more about the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct, and view videos on ethics.
   
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From Play to Practice: Connecting Teachers' Play 
to Children's Learning

by Marcia L. Nell & Walter F. Drew, With Deborah E. Bush

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Increasing the Power of Instruction: Integration of
Language, Literacy, and Math Across the Preschool Day

by Judith A. Schickedanz

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  Read an online Q&A with author Judith Schickedanz.
   
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The Intentional Teacher: Choosing the Best
Strategies for Young Children's Learning 

by Ann S. Epstein

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Our Inquiry, Our Practice: Undertaking, Supporting,
and Learning from Early Childhood Teacher
Research(ers)

by Gail Perry, Barbara Henderson, & Daniel R. Meier, eds.

• Q&A with the editors
  Read an online Q&A with editors Gail Perry, Barbara Henderson, and Daniel Meier.
   
• Voices of Practitioners
  Learn more about teacher research by reading the online journal that inspired the book.
   
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Powerful Interactions: How to Connect with
Children to Extend Their Learning

by Amy Laura Dombro, Judy Jablon, & Charlotte Stetson

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Ramps & Pathways: A Constructivist
Approach to Physics with Young Children

by Rheta DeVries & Christina Sales

• Additional Resources for Ramps & Pathways
  Includes an online Q&A with the authors, links to resources on physics, and a bibliography on constructivist education.

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So Much More than the ABCs: The Early Phases of Reading and Writing 

by Judith A. Schickedanz & Molly F. Collins

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Spotlight on Infants and Toddlers

by Derry Koralek, NAEYC, & Linda Groves Gillespie, ZERO TO THREE, eds.

• Q&A with selected authors
  Read an online Q&A with authors Julia Luckenbill and Heath Ouellette.
   
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Spotlight on Young Children and Nature

by Amy Shillady, ed.

• Q&A with selected authors
  Read an online Q&A with authors Mary Rivkin and Nancy Rosenow.
   
• Learn from Nature
  Ideas, articles, books, and posters on going green, learning from nature, gardening with young children, and more.
   
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Spotlight on Young Children and Technology

by Amy Shillady & Leah Schoenberg Muccio, eds.

• Q&A with selected authors
  Read an online Q&A with authors Cassandra Mattoon and Lilla Dale McManis.
   
• Position statement on technology
  Read the NAEYC and Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College position statement called "Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8."
   
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Spotlight on Young Children: Exploring Math 

by Amy Shillady, ed.

• Q&A with selected authors
  Read an online Q&A with authors Eugene Geist and David Whitin.
   
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What You Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program:
Emotional Intelligence in Practice

by Holly Elissa Bruno

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  Read an online Q&A with author Holly Elissa Bruno.
   
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The Young Child and Mathematics (2nd ed.)

by Juanita V. Copley

• Technical Support for Using the Accompanying DVD
  Hardware/software requirements. Instructions for accessing the DVD’s video and print resources.

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  Read an online Q&A with author Juanita Copley.

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