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Teaching Young Children

January 6, 2025

Teaching with Intention: A Kindergarten Teacher’s Reflection on Choosing and Using Diverse STEM Books

Kindergarten teacher Sabrina Burroughs shares how she intentionally chooses books to build on each child’s interests, strengths, contexts, and needs.

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Sabrina Burroughs

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Teaching Young Children

January 6, 2025

Promoting Identity and Equity in STEM: Messages from the Learning Environment

Creating a STEM-rich environment that promotes identity and equity is essential to fostering a sense of belonging and competence in young learners.

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Cate Heroman

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Teaching Young Children

January 6, 2025

Feature Teacher: Beulah Wiggins

Meet Beulah Wiggins, the STEAM coach at the Women's League Child Development Center in Connecticut.

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Teaching Young Children

January 6, 2025

Message from TYC Editorial Team

Use these reflection questions as a guide to your reading.

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Teaching Young Children

January 6, 2025

Message from Michelle

The spirit of inquiry, knowledge development, hands-on learning, and intentional teaching shines through the articles in this issue.

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Michelle Kang

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Uniting the Power of Music and Books to Empower Unhoused Children and Mothers

Children's books and music help unhoused mothers and children connect with their own experiences and each other.

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Elise Pennington, Leah Waldo

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Using Celebrations and Literature in Project Work to Affirm Children’s Identities

Two teachers reflect on a yearlong curriculum based on children's literature.

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Mickey Willis, Amanda Lautenbach

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Dreamers Unite: A Journey Toward Diversity, Curiosity, and Child-Led Learning

The author reflects on her experience sharing a book about immigration and self-discovery with a kindergarten class.

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Andrea Sanchez

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

Turn-Taking Play to Support Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Discover strategies early childhood educators can use to foster turn-taking play in preschool-age children with autism spectrum disorder.

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Kwangwon Lee, Jeffrey Trawick-Smith

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

Partnering for Success: Elevating Quality Through Kentucky’s Preschool Partnership Grant

Read about Kentucky’s efforts to expand early childhood education options for families.

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Ryan Alverson, Jaesook Gilbert

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

The Early Learning Imperative: How the Family Development Program Helped New Mexico Become a Leader in Birth-to-5 Education

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.

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Stephen Preskill, Lois Vermilya

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

A Supportive and Inviting Atmosphere: A Discussion About the Design and Function of the Physical Learning Environment

Afua Ameley-Quaye reflects on how the built environment can be used as a tool to foster equity, inclusivity, and growth for all children.

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Afua Ameley-Quaye

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

Creating Quality in Family Child Care Settings: A Reflection

Maria Wynne shares how her intentional approaches with children and their families have helped her to develop a high-quality home-based setting.

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Maria Wynne

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

Innovations in Higher Education. Including Black Language in Early Childhood Education: Addressing Linguistic Diversity in Teacher Preparation

The authors share about the need for a pro-Black Language perspective to be woven throughout educator preparation programs.

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Taajah Witherspoon, Teaira McMurtry

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

A Broader Concept of Family: Strategies for Welcoming Foster Families into Early Childhood Settings

Learn how educators can apply responsive approaches that address the unique needs of foster care families.

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Danielle DuShane, Ysaaca Axelrod

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

The Power of Child-Created Texts and Puppetry: Nurturing Preschoolers’ Social and Emotional Development (Voices)

Learn how one teacher used a strengths-based approach to support the social and emotional development of two multilingual preschool children in her setting.

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Kiyomi Umezawa, Emiko Kurosawa Arakaki

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

De nuestra presidenta. Sueños aplazados o sueños preferidos: Reimaginar la educación de la primera infancia para nosotros y para los niños

La presidenta de la Junta Directiva de NAEYC, Tonia Durden, reflexiona sobre las formas de apoyar a los educadores de la primera infancia y a los niños en su lucha por alcanzar sus sueños.

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Tonia Durden

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

From Our President. Dreams Deferred or Dreams Preferred: Reimagining Early Childhood Education for Us and for Children

NAEYC Governing Board president Tonia Durden reflects on ways to support early childhood educators and children as they strive toward their dreams.

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Tonia Durden

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

Member Spotlight: Christie Phelps

Meet Christie Phelps, owner and director of three family child care homes in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Blog

October 18, 2024

Exploring the Presidential Election in One Pre-K Classroom

In this blog, one educator describes how she explored concepts of fairness, perspective taking, difference, and voting during a previous election. What might an exploration of voting and an election look like in your own context or setting?

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Norline Wild

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