Spending time on the playground is a great opportunity for children to be physically active and engage in various forms of play, as well as develop a variety of foundational social and emotional skills.
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Authored by:
Hsiu-Wen Yang, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, Paddy Cronin Favazza, Yusuf Akemoğlu, W. Catherine Cheung, Katherine Aronson-Ensign
In this article, we describe our inquiry to better understand children’s thinking through play. We also share ideas about how teachers can build upon children’s interests and expertise in ways that are respectful, inclusive, and engaged.
This excerpt from Developmentally Appropriate Practice illustrates the ways in which play and learning mutually support one another and how teachers connect learning goals to children’s play.
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Authored by:
Jennifer M. Zosh, Caroline Gaudreau, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
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 Rocking and Rolling column presents an excerpt from NAEYC’s recently published Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Fourth Edition to help illustrate what DAP looks and sounds like in action.
Educators, families, and the community come together at the Little Friends of the River program, part of overall STEAM programming at the Bronx Children’s Museum.
This article on digital storybooks used in early childhood settings provides an international collaboration comparing teachers’ and children’s interactions in two cultural settings.
Michelle Zamora is the director of the NAEYC-accredited Children’s Center at San Diego State University, but she is proud to have had the opportunity to work in every level at various early childhood settings.
With the infrastructure and steady, deep supports NAEYC advocates, we have the chance to address longstanding questions and issues that prevent teachers of color from achieving their higher education dreams.
With the infrastructure and steady, deep supports NAEYC advocates, we have the chance to address longstanding questions and issues that prevent teachers of color from achieving their higher education dreams.
This article outlines the reasons why individuals enter the teaching profession and shares key recommendations for recruiting and retaining Asian American teacher candidates.
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Authored by:
Conrad Oh-Young, Jennifer Buchter, Delilah Krasch, Jenny Chiappe, Jun Ai, Shin Silver, Heather Bae, Neal Nghia Nguyen
In this article, we discuss the importance of professional vision, then describe the Video Analysis Framework we created to support its development through focused observation, identifying and disrupting bias, and more.
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Authored by:
Miriam Packard, Carolyn Brennan, Gail E. Joseph, Katharine Emerson-Hoss
In this article, we look at how a service-learning project helped foster receptive language competencies for infants through art experiences and encouraged socially and culturally responsive practices by students.
