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Teaching Young Children
October 2, 2023

Integrating Families’ Funds of Knowledge into Daily Teaching Practices

In this article, we share examples of developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate practices that include families’ funds of knowledge through the use of family artifacts and photographs.

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Iliana Alanís, Irasema Salinas-González
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Article
Young Children
December 1, 2022

Exploring Families’ Language Practices Through a Social Studies Inquiry in Kindergarten

his article describes the collaboration between teachers and researchers designing a translanguaging space where bilingual children and their families could explore the linguistic and cultural practices that they engage in at home.

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Ivana Espinet, Maite T. Sánchez, Sabrina Poms, Elizabeth Menendez
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Teaching Young Children
July 1, 2021

Teaching and Learning with Hip-Hop Culture

Through music and language, movement, and the visual arts, rap and other elements of hip-hop culture can support preschoolers’ learning and development in all domains.

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​Anthony Broughton
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Young Children
March 1, 2021

Becoming a Better Behavior Detective: Applying a Developmental and Contextual Lens on Behavior to Promote Social and Emotional Development

Sharpening our “behavior detective” skills requires us to use reflective practices to apply our knowledge of development in service of understanding the individual infant or toddler.

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Claire D. Vallotton, Jennifer A. Mortensen, Melissa M. Burnham, Kalli B. Decker, Marjorie Beeghly
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Young Children
November 1, 2015

Rocking and Rolling: Why Teaching Infants and Toddlers is Important لماذا تدريس الرضع والفطم مهم؟

فيتعلم الأطفال الصغار من بيئتهم والأشخاص الذين فيها. لذلك فإن ه من الضروري أن تتأكد المعلمات أن المعارف والمهارات التي يدرسونها مناسبة نمائيًا لعمر الأطفال ومجموعاتهم.

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Authored by: 
Allyson Dean, Linda Groves Gillespie
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2018

محادثات مع الأطفال! الأسئلة ال تي تحفّز المحادثات وتعمّق الفهم Conversations with Children! Questions that Spark Conversations and Deepen Understanding

This is the first article in a series about asking questions that foster rich conversations. Visiting a variety of preschool settings, we’ll consider the different types of questions teachers ask and listen to children’s responses.

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Authored by: 
Janis Strasser
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