The eagerly awaited successor to the influential Anti-Bias Curriculum! Become a skilled anti-bias teacher with this volume’s practical guidance to confronting and eliminating barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects of personal and social identity; most importantly, find tips for helping staff and children respect each other, themselves, and all people.

Over the last two decades, educators across the nation and around the world have gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in anti-bias work. The result is a richer and more nuanced articulation of what is important in anti-bias education. Individual chapters focus on culture and language, racial identity, family structures, gender identity, economic class, different abilities, holidays, and more. Comprehensive Member Benefit.

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Successful and effective preschool teachers use creative, engaging approaches to support the development and learning of every child in the classroom. The highly relevant and practical articles in this volume, drawn from recent issues of NAEYC’s journal Young Children, offer research-based, developmentally appropriate strategies that preschool teachers can use or adapt for their work with young children and families. Each article celebrates and informs the work of preschool teachers.

Individual study guides include questions and activities that invite reflection and build on the content of each article. Readers can use the study guides on their own or with colleagues or fellow students. Teacher educators and staff development specialists will find the study guides useful tools for facilitating learning.

Please note: NAEYC members who selected Teaching Young Children as their print publication benefit prior to September 2009 will receive a copy of Spotlight on Teaching Preschoolers.

Best practice is based on knowledge—not on beliefs or guesses—about how children learn and develop. This volume contains 20 overviews of research on aspects of young children’s social, emotional, cognitive, or physical development, as well as how the findings can be applied in the classroom. Originally “Research in Review” articles in NAEYC’s journal Young Children, each has been freshly updated to reflect the current context and research base. Classroom teachers and teacher trainers will find valuable the overviews’ plain discourse in making complex concepts more understandable.

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This professional development resource features the video program produced by NAEYC with the 2009 release of the third edition of NAEYC’s Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8. The video includes an overview of developmentally appropriate practice, presentations from NAEYC leadership and experts in the field, as well as scenes depicting developmentally appropriate practice in action—in classrooms for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and primary grade children. This video originally was posted on the NAEYC website from February through May 2009.

In addition, this DVD-ROM also includes the video podcast series that was posted on the NAEYC Web site in April and May 2009: Responses to Questions You Asked about DAP. Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp—authors and editors of key NAEYC publications on DAP—respond to questions from the field on the new DAP. This DVD-ROM includes a bonus video prepared for this resource: reflections on the historical journey of DAP at NAEYC from Sue Bredekamp, Carol Copple, and Peter Pizzolongo.

Also included are three PDF documents: Reflection Questions, About the Book, and DAP Resources, which include hyperlinks to access other DAP-related resources from the Web.

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We know that holding babies while feeding them is important, and that games like “Simon Says” are not just for fun. But why are these practices in the social and emotional domains so important for children’s learning and development? And how can we explain our choices to parents, administrators, and even policy makers? With accessible language and numerous examples, this book answers these questions by examining the rationale and research base for best practices. Topics include attachment and exploration, friendship, impulse control, problem-solving, and state early learning standards. Copublished with Redleaf Press.

This program observes that ethical issues are inseparable from the life of the classroom and the school. Educators incorporate into classroom practice such concepts as racial tolerance, nonviolent conflict resolution, and respect for diversity through role-play, targeted readings and—especially—discussion. Values Go to School profiles ways to help children actively develop their own sense of ethics, guiding them to become the engaged, caring and confident people they are meant to be.

This documentary is one of four in The Learning Child Series, produced by Jonathan Diamond Associates, Inc. in association with the Child Development Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. Each program includes a companion guide.

This DVD-ROM features the video segments from NAEYC’s two online programs—DAP and Intentionality and DAP and Play—produced by NAEYC with the 2009 release of the third edition of Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8. This DVD-ROM is designed as a resource for group training sessions and courses on DAP. Each video includes presentations from practitioners and other experts in the field and scenes depicting developmentally appropriate practice in action—in classrooms for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and primary grade children.

DAP and Intentionality addresses ways in which teachers intentionally use a variety of learning formats and teaching strategies to support children’s learning. DAP and Play focuses on the characteristics and types of play and the teacher’s role in supporting high-level play. Also includes PDF versions of handouts for each video that highlight the key messages of the programs

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Teaching Young Children is NAEYC's magazine for anyone who works with preschoolers. Colorful, informative, and easy-to-read, TYC is packed full of teaching ideas, strategies, and tips. The October/November 2009 issue features articles on advocacy, sand play, stress busters, and preschool oral language development.

To subscribe to TYC, please visit www.naeyc.org/tyc/subscribe or call 800-424-2460.

Even the most experienced preschool teacher can feel a bit unsure about meeting the unique needs of children from different language backgrounds. Many Languages, One Classroom applies the latest information about best practices to all aspects of a preschool program. Organized by interest areas and times of the day, this resource includes adaptable strategies to help English language learners during reading, science, dramatic and outdoor play, blocks, and circle time. Also addresses state standards and benchmarks of standard quality programming. From Gryphon House.

The number of men working as teachers in the field of early childhood education has steadily declined over the past 40 years. Yet, the need for men in this field has never been greater. Children need positive male role models to learn about gender identity and balance. They also need exposure to both men and women to learn how they work together and enhance each other's skills. 

This video explores the positive benefits of having men in your early childhood program. Watch it to learn why men choose early childhood education as a career, best practices for recruitment and retention, and the significance of men in young children's lives. From Chattahoochee Technical College.