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Blog
June 20, 2019

Empowering Refugee Parents, Educating Little Learners

As the field of early childhood education looks to the future of preschool for children who are refugees, there are three key programming components that should be seen as best practices for the field moving forward.

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Aimée Vachon
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2019

پیام در کوله پشتی ™ کمک کردن به کودک تان برای یاد گرفتن مسئولیت پذیری Message in a Backpack™ Helping Your Child Learn Responsibility

برای مسئولیت پذیر بودن ، کودکان باید توجه داشته باشند که چه کاری باید انجام شود ، به گزینه های مفید فکر کنند ،  و به سهیم بودن شان مفتخر باشند.راههای تشویق مسئولیت پذیری در اینجا آمده است

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Marie L. Masterson
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2019

Message in a Backpack™ Helping Your Child Learn Responsibility

To be responsible, children must notice what needs to be done, think of useful options, and take pride in their contributions. Here’s how to encourage responsibility.

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Marie L. Masterson
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2019

The Sunshine Call: Celebrating Children’s Successes

For some young children, the transition from home to school is tough. Sometimes a little celebration of progress is just what children, and their teachers, need.

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Kim Bell
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Blog
January 13, 2020

Building a System to Support Family Engagement

Successful family engagement approaches make this work part of a coordinated school- or program-wide system. In our new book, Families and Educators Together, we include numerous, real-life examples and policies that serve as a user-friendly guide...

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Karen Nemeth, Derry Koralek, Kelly Ramsey
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

Message in a Backpack™ Fun, Easy Ways to Play with Math at Home رسالة في حقيبة الظهر™ - طرق مسلية وسهلة للعب بالرياضيات في المنزل

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.

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Jessica Mercer Young, Kristen E. Reed
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

Advancing Equity: Playful Ways to Extend Math Learning at Home

Giving young children lots of meaningful and enriching math experiences, both in school and at home, can build a firm foundation for later math learning.

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Jessica Mercer Young, Kristen E. Reed
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2018

Preschool Play Plans: Creativity with Cardboard

These are ideas for open-ended indoor and outdoor activities that use inexpensive or free materials—bubbles, mud, chalk, playdough, and cardboard boxes. The activities are appropriate for preschoolers of all abilities.

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Blakely Bundy, ​Diane E. Levin, members of TRUCE
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Blog
November 5, 2018

What’s Play All About? Children’s Museums Weigh In

As members of the Children’s Museum Research Network, we helped conduct a study to examine how children’s museums position themselves around play.

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Nicole R. Rivera, Alix Tonsgard
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Young Children
November 1, 2018

From Puddles to Pigeons: Learning about Nature in Cities

Parents, educators, and other primary caregivers might not realize that a small patch of grass, a single tree, and a walk to the store are opportunities to observe nature, generate questions, and conduct experiments to find answers.

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Marion Goldstein, Lisa Famularo, Jamie Kynn
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Blog
November 13, 2018

Five Easy Ways to Build Authentic and Genuine Relationships

The easiest way to help support effective behavior management is through authentic relationships with your students. Here are some ideas you can use to build real relationships with children and families in your program.

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Colleen Schmit
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