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Child in poop machine in outdoor sandbox
Article
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
Article
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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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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Teacher smiling with three preschoolers
Blog
November 14, 2016

Daycare or School? There’s a Third Way

A recent Atlantic article questions the linguistic shift by parents from the term daycare to school. NAEYC's CEO responds to the article with this in-depth blog post

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Authored by: 
Rhian Evans Allvin
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Five professionals looking ahead
Blog
November 10, 2016

Our Future

Each and every day, in early learning programs around the country, you, our NAEYC members, have a powerful opportunity to impact the lens with which children and their families approach the world

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Authored by: 
Rhian Evans Allvin
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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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An infant crawling
Article
Young Children
November 1, 2016

Rocking and Rolling: Learning to Move

Motor development is a constant learning process. A child’s body is continuously growing and changing, and his environment offers different opportunities for movement.

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Authored by: 
Sandra Petersen, Emily J. Adams, Linda Groves Gillespie
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