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DAP and Playful Learning: Equitable Approaches

Summer 2022

a group of kids playing with bubbles

Young Children is NAEYC's award-winning, peer-reviewed journal focused on educating children from birth through third grade.

This issue of Young Children delves into different aspects of play, different roles of educators during play, and the contexts of children and families with play. This issue also features articles about how to implement the engineering design process in an inclusive setting, opportunities for children’s joyful, engaged learning in the midst of a global pandemic, and much more!

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DAP and Playful Learning: Equitable Approaches

Annie Moses

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The Power of Playful Learning in the Early Childhood Setting

Jennifer M. Zosh, Caroline Gaudreau, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

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'Vroom, Vroom, Beep, Beep': Promoting Equity with Stories Children Tell Through Truck and Car Play

Mary Ellin Logue, Hattie Harvey, Amanda Beckett

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Outdoor Recess Matters!: Preventing and Reducing Children’s Challenging Behavior on the Playground

Hsiu-Wen Yang, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, Paddy Cronin Favazza, Yusuf Akemoğlu, W. Catherine Cheung, Katherine Aronson-Ensign

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Through a Child’s Eyes: Using Floor Play to Connect with Children and Families

Kathleen I. Harris

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Learning Through Play in Teacher Education

Melanie Loewenstein, Toni Denese Sturdivant, Josh Thompson

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Both/And: Early Childhood Education Needs Both Play and Equity

Ijumaa Jordan

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The What and How of Using Play Materials: Supporting Learning, Development, and Well-Being in Birth to Age 3

Mary Benson McMullen, Dylan Brody

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From Our President. Finding Grace in Challenges and Change: Reflections on the Past Two Years

Ann McClain Terrell

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De nuestra presidenta. Cuando los desafíos y el cambio son una bendición: Reflexiones acerca de los últimos dos años

Ann McClain Terrell

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From Our President-Elect. Unabashed and Unapologetic Advocacy: Creating a Safe Space for Each and Every Child

Natalie Vega O'Neil

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De nuestra presidenta-electa. Abogar por la educación infantil con atrevimiento y sin concesiones

Natalie Vega O'Neil

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Member Spotlight: Danny Vasquez and Corrine Hendrickson

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NAEYC Governing Board and Leadership

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DAP During the Time of COVID: Opportunities for Joyful, Engaged Learning

Susan Friedman, Julia Luckenbill, Nicol Russell

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Promoting Inclusive Teaching and Learning Using the Engineering Design Process

Yvette Mere-Cook, Gurupriya Ramanathan

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Viewpoint: A Culture of Their Own: Exploring Childhood as a Unique Cultural Group

Emily Plank

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The Reading Chair: Summer 2022

Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer

Audience: Teacher

Age: Early Primary, Infant/Toddler, Kindergarten, Preschool

Topics: Child Development, Cognitive, Social and Emotional Development, Other Topics, Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Play, Toys, Materials, Games, YC