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Alphabet letters blocks
Article
Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

More Fun Tips for Building Alphabet Letter-Name Knowledge

This article describes customizable activities and games that give all children many opportunities to learn letter names.

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Authored by: 
Judith A. Schickedanz, Molly F. Collins
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Article
Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

8x. Ready, Set, Return: Helping Children Readjust after Winter Break

Returning to the classroom after winter break can be challenging. With the tips and strategies here, the children in your classroom will be able to transition back to the daily routine in no time.

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Authored by: 
Megan King
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Article
Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

Look, Listen, Learn. Mixed-Up Color Mixing

Read the following story and teacher reflections, and use the Reflective Questions to deepen your thinking and shape your teaching practices.

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Authored by: 
Laurie Goff, Deb Curtis
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Three students holding their math mini-books
Article
Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

Advancing Equity: Playful Ways to Extend Math Learning at Home

Giving young children lots of meaningful and enriching math experiences, both in school and at home, can build a firm foundation for later math learning.

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Authored by: 
Jessica Mercer Young, Kristen E. Reed
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Two children playing with boxes
Article
Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

Preschool Play Plans: Creativity with Cardboard

These are ideas for open-ended indoor and outdoor activities that use inexpensive or free materials—bubbles, mud, chalk, playdough, and cardboard boxes. The activities are appropriate for preschoolers of all abilities.

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Authored by: 
Blakely Bundy, ​Diane E. Levin, members of TRUCE
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Article
Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

Feature Teacher: Aicha Zerdeb

Aicha Zerdeb is a lead teacher at the Rose Byrne Head Start, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Article
Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

Many Languages, One Classroom: Supporting Children in Superdiverse Settings

This is the first of two articles offering strategies for teaching children in classrooms where a variety of home languages are spoken.

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Authored by: 
Carola Oliva-Olson, Linda M. Espinosa, Whit Hayslip, Elizabeth S. Magruder
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Article
Voices of Practitioners
December 1, 2018

Introduction

We are so pleased to be able to offer you the 2018 compilation of Voices of Practitioners articles. This volume marks VOP’s 14th year as an online journal.

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Authored by: 
Barbara Henderson
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TYC December/January 2019
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Teaching Young Children
Vol. 12, No. 2
December 1, 2018

December/January 2019

Superdiverse Settings, Math at Home
TYC December/January 2019 Issue
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Blog
November 5, 2018

What’s Play All About? Children’s Museums Weigh In

As members of the Children’s Museum Research Network, we helped conduct a study to examine how children’s museums position themselves around play.

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Authored by: 
Nicole R. Rivera, Alix Tonsgard
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Teacher and student in wheelchair reading together
Article
Young Children
November 1, 2018

The Reading Chair: November 2018

New children’s books too good to miss and one forever favorite

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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Toddlers participating in activities to promote diverse learning
Article
Young Children
November 1, 2018

Building a Cohesive Multimodal Environment for Diverse Learners

Ms. Manfredini seeks to understand the children’s backgrounds and draw on their experiences; she also supports children in using several different communication modes to make and express meaning.

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Authored by: 
Joseph C. Rumenapp, P. Zitlali Morales, Aquila Manfredini Lykouretzos
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