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The cover for the Winter 2022 issue of Young Children magazine, featuring a happy family.
Issue
Young Children
Vol. 77, No. 4
December 1, 2022

Winter 2022

Welcoming in, Learning About, and Learning from Families
This issue of Young Children includes a cluster of articles covering a range of topics about welcoming in, learning about, and learning from families.
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Article
Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2022

A New Purpose in Calendar Time

Learn engaging, child-appropriate ways to conduct calendar time.

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Authored by: 
Susan Swiderek
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Article
Young Children
September 1, 2022

The Reading Chair

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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Article
Teaching Young Children
July 1, 2022

Message in a Backpack™ Using Sentence Stems at Home: Tips for Families

When reading together, families can support early language and comprehension skills by offering short sentence stems, or sentence starters, to help children share what they are thinking and learning.

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Authored by: 
Michele Coulombe, Erin Zuccaro
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Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2022

Promoting Spatial Orientation: A Math Activity for Teachers and Families

The following classroom activity and its home extension include step-by-step instructions and sample questions to promote conversations about spatial orientation to build children’s reasoning processes and spatial terminology.

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Authored by: 
Lindsey Perry, Eloise Aniag Kuehnert, Leanne Ketterlin Geller
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A young child reading a book with a parent
Article
Young Children
March 1, 2022

The Reading Chair: Spring 2022

Some new books too good to miss!

Authored by

Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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DAP & Teacher Decision Making (On Demand)

Hear from DAP thought leaders, Sue Bredekamp and Barbara Willer, as they reflect on the importance of the core considerations to teacher decision making.
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