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Issue
Young Children
Vol. 76, No. 4
December 1, 2021

Winter 2021

Individuality and Inclusive Practices for Early Childhood
This cluster of Young Children articles takes up that call by digging deeper into the core consideration of individuality and guidelines related to inclusion and offering in-depth descriptions of approaches to meet each child where they are.
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Introduction

This collection of Voices focuses on what we all have been learning about ourselves and our work over the past year and a half of overlapping crises in our nation and the world.

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Authored by: 
Barbara Henderson, Ben Mardell
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Article
Young Children
December 1, 2021

Tearing Down Silos: A Model for Interagency Collaboration

This article shares a collaborative approach that two counties in Pennsylvania have taken to tear down the silos and instead promptly and effectively support early learning programs and staff and the children and families they serve.

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Authored by: 
Alison Mellott
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Young Children
September 1, 2021

A List of High-Quality Texts from this Issue

The following list of high-quality children’s books covers a variety of genres and themes to support early reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.
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Young Children
September 1, 2021

The Reading Chair: Fall 2021

New children’s books too good to miss!

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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Young Children
September 1, 2021

Rocking and Rolling. Reading Aloud with Infants and Toddlers

Reading aloud helps develop essential competencies that infants and toddlers will need to become skilled readers later on, including vocabulary knowledge and world knowledge.

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Authored by: 
Kathy Kinsner, Rebecca Parlakian
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Young Children
September 1, 2021

Intentional Teaching Moments: Supporting Executive Function Development and Early Mathematics Through a Geometry Activity

Enhanced by math activities, higher-order mental skills and abilities serve as the behind-the-scenes machinery that facilitates young children’s ability to engage in and demonstrate their learning competency.

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Authored by: 
Holland W. Banse, Douglas H. Clements, Julie Sarama, Crystal Day-Hess, Marisa Simoni, Candace Joswick
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Article
Young Children
September 1, 2021

Leading Through Inquiry (Voices)

A group of coaches, teacher educators, and program directors in Massachusetts spends a school year investigating the ways a cross-context inquiry group can support early childhood leaders in their work with early childhood educators.

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Authored by: 
Megina Baker, Stephanie Cox Suárez, Brenda Acero, Peggy Martalock, Denise Nelson, Jenny Hanseul Park, Annalisa Hawkinson Ritchie, Natacha Shillingford
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Article
Young Children
September 1, 2021

NAEYC Governing Board and Leadership

The NAEYC Governing Board provides mission-based leadership and strategic governance for the association.
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Young Children
September 1, 2021

Making Connections: What Will It Take to Gain Status in Higher Education?

Because we share a moral imperative for all children to have equitable access to developmentally appropriate, high-quality early childhood education, we must ensure that early childhood education degree programs have a floor of quality.

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Authored by: 
Rhian Evans Allvin
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Article
Young Children
September 1, 2021

From Our President. Supporting Literacy Through Engaging Instruction and Materials

This issue resonates with what research has long demonstrated: instructional practices that address issues of culture and language hold the greatest promise for helping culturally and linguistically diverse learners become successful readers.

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Authored by: 
Ann McClain Terrell
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Young Children
September 1, 2021

Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts in Kindergarten

In this article, we will explore what is known about using mentor texts in the early childhood classroom and provide suggestions for how to effectively choose and use them in kindergarten instruction.

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Authored by: 
Katie Schrodt, Erin FitzPatrick, Bonnie A. Barksdale, Brandi Nunnery, Michelle Medlin Hasty
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