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August 25, 2023

Healthy Young Children, Sixth Edition

Learn more about Healthy Young Children, Sixth Edition

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Alicia L. Haupt, MD, Brittany Massare, MD, Jennifer Nizer, MEd, Manjula Paul, CRNP‑Fam, MSN, MPH, Louis A. Valenti
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Teaching Young Children
April 3, 2023

Eliminate Barriers to Risk Taking in Outdoor Play

The benefits of outdoor play aren’t just physical. It allows children to challenge themselves and become appraisers of risk. This, in turn, helps develop cognitive, social and emotional, and self-regulatory skills.

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Amanda Steiner, Anne Karabon, Leah Litz
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Teaching Young Children
April 3, 2023

Get Up and Move! Encouraging Physical Activity During the Learning Day

In this article, we share strategies for incorporating fine and large motor skills into daily learning experiences and highlight a lesson from one preschool class.

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Amy August, Maria Fusaro, Andrea Golloher, Emily Slusser, Jihyun Lee, Julie Sliva Spitzer
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Teaching Young Children
Vol. 14, No. 3
April 1, 2021

Spring 2021

Nurturing Social & Emotional Development
TYC Spring 2021 issue
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Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2020

پیام در کوله پشتی ™ بازی با طبیعت برای کودکان حساس Message in a Backpack ™ Nature Play with Sensitive Children

از این ایده ها برای تبلور تجربیات بازی با طبیعت در محیط های داخلی و بیرونی استفاده کنید تا شما و کودک تان بتوانید با هم لذت ببرید

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Becky L. DelVecchio, Susan Ferguson
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2020

Will You Pass the Peas, Please?

I hope to encourage more teachers to use family-style dining as part of their daily intentional teaching.

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Nikki Waldron
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Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2020

Message in a Backpack ™ Nature Play with Sensitive Children

What happens when your child is sensitive to touching natural objects? Use these ideas to spark indoor and outdoor nature play.

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Becky L. DelVecchio, Susan Ferguson
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Article
Young Children
March 1, 2020

Farm to Early Care and Education: Growing Healthy Eaters, Classrooms, and Communities

The farm to early care and education initiative includes a variety of strategies that encourage the use of local foods in meals and snacks, gardening opportunities, and food-based learning activities that promote children’s health and well-being.

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Christine Lux, Lacy Stephens
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Article
Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2020

Healthy Habits

It’s never too early to have conversations about good nutrition.

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Lillie F. Badesso, Elizabeth Mirth, Jennefer Gehringer
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Article
Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2019

9x: Easy Ways to Integrate Math in the Gym and Beyond!

With a few simple tools—dice, rulers, number lines, and spinners—children can infuse math into big body activities. Here are nine easy activities for integrating math in the gym and beyond!

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Deanna Pecaski McLennan
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Blog
February 6, 2019

Nature-Based Mindfulness for More Calm & Peaceful Kids

As children explore and observe nature, they become more aware of, and empathetic to, the plants and animals who share the natural world. Try these nature-based mindful activities indoors or outdoors with your tots!

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Monica Wiedel-Lubinski
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Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2018

Children Can Wiggle and Learn

When we find ourselves thinking that sitting and learning go hand in hand for children, we should reflect on our own experiences and remember just how hard sitting can be.

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Rae Pica
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