Young Children (YC) is NAEYC's award-winning, peer-reviewed journal that combines research and practice. YC supports educational excellence and focuses on meeting the needs of all children, birth through third grade.
Michelle Zurita-Sharpe is a special education teacher in a blended pre-K classroom at Blair Early Childhood Center, a Chicago public school. Blair serves children in prekindergarten through second grade.
Sometimes our listening reinforces what we thought we knew—and sometimes it takes us in directions we didn’t anticipate, identifies consequences we didn’t envision, and helps us find solutions we hadn’t thought of.
Sometimes our listening reinforces what we thought we knew—and sometimes it takes us in directions we didn’t anticipate, identifies consequences we didn’t envision, and helps us find solutions we hadn’t thought of.
As we reflect on what it means to transform our understanding of and approaches to children’s behaviors, let’s consider ways in which we are fostering an environment that supports young children’s social and emotional health and development.
In this issue of Young Children, authors present the meaning behind children’s behaviors and developmentally appropriate, equitable ways to respond to them.
As we reflect on what it means to transform our understanding of and approaches to children’s behaviors, let’s consider ways in which we are fostering an environment that supports young children’s social and emotional health and development.
Transforming Our Understanding of and Approaches to Children’s Behaviors
In this issue of Young Children, authors present the meaning behind children’s behaviors and developmentally appropriate, equitable ways to respond to them.
In this issue of Young Children, authors present the meaning behind children’s behaviors and developmentally appropriate, equitable ways to respond to them.
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
Authored by
Authored by:
Barbara Henderson, Robyn Brookshire, Ron Grady, Isauro M. Escamilla, Angela Aquilizan, Megina Baker, Andrew J. Stremmel
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
En NAEYC, creemos que la educación temprana de alta calidad se lleva a cabo en entornos que son apropiados para el desarrollo y que, holísticamente, tienen en cuenta todas las facetas de un programa.
The Family Development Program is a statewide program that partners with families, educators, and community members and provides training to support high-quality early childhood education throughout New Mexico.
