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Child in poop machine in outdoor sandbox
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2016

The Poop Machine

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

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Authored by: 
Nadia Jaboneta, Deb Curtis
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Children hip hop dancing
Article
Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2016

Teaching and Learning With Hip-Hop Culture

To honor their interests, support their learning, and connect with their culture, a preschool teacher decided to incorporate aspects of hip-hop culture into the curriculum.

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Authored by: 
​Anthony Broughton
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Two preschoolers during nap time
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2016

Nap Time Is for Letting Go

Preschool staff might start using the transition to nap time as an opportunity to help children take a break from the day’s activities.

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Authored by: 
Wendy Mendola
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Subitizing game
Article
Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2016

Message in a Backpack™ Family Math Game: Subitizing

Try this activity with your child to expose them to subitizing—the ability to “see” and recognize a small number of objects and know instantly how many there are without counting!

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Authored by: 
Deanna Pecaski McLennan
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Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 10, No. 2
December 1, 2016

December/January 2017

Subitizing, Hip-Hop, and Nap Time
TYC December/January 2017 Issue
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Diverse group of children playing outdoors
Blog
November 21, 2016

A Tribute to the Power of a Teacher—The Ruby Bridges Story

I had the privilege and pleasure of welcoming Ruby Bridges to NAEYC’s 2015 Annual Conference and hearing her opening address. Her remarks about the difference one teacher can make have stayed with me every moment since.

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Authored by: 
Carol Brunson Day
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A young boy smiling and reading a book
Article
Young Children
November 1, 2016

The Reading Chair: November 2016

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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Children playing on jungle gym
Article
Young Children
November 1, 2016

Seven Ideas for Early Childhood Educators Teaching in Cities

In this issue of Young Children, we share seven stories of best practice, innovative ideas, and new research related to teaching young children in urban programs.

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Authored by: 
Susan Friedman
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YC November 2016 Issue
Issue
Young Children
Vol. 71, No. 5
November 1, 2016

November 2016

Teaching and Learning in Cities
YC November 2016 Issue
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Article
Young Children
November 1, 2016

Read the Full Issue (November 2016)

Young Children's November 2016 issue is available as a PDF for members only. Please see the link below.
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Two children playing outside under  long bamboo poles
Article
Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2016

Preschoolers Play With Bamboo

Bamboo is a unique natural material that can provide days—even months!—of exploration for preschool children.

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Authored by: 
Condie Ward
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photo of Herve Tullet - older Caucasian man with white hair and round glasses
Article
Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2016

Now Read This! Hervé Tullet

Hervé Tullet is an innovative children’s book author known in France as “the prince of preschool books.”
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Child examines rotting vegetables in windowsill
Article
Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2016

La descompuesta verdad: ¡Descubrir la descomposición!

On a summer day, three preschool teachers and an early education consultant met to draft a unit on decay. They used this planning session to design a curriculum specific to their own group of children and families on pumpkin decay.

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Authored by: 
Bonnie Blagojevic, Victoria Grotton, Suzen Polk-Hoffses, Karen Thomes
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