The content of January’s “Curriculum, Assessment, and Teaching: Putting It All Together” cluster was culled from presentations at NAEYC’s 20^th National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development. It includes a look at how creative and collaborative projects can address early learning standards, successful adult learning communities, and a report on how children’s fully developed play can enhance social development. Also included are ideas for incorporating arts into the STEM curriculum using Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood as a template, and a comprehensive approach to connecting young children with nature.

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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 December 2011/January 2012 issue features articles on bringing nature into the classroom, starting an online blog, and shadow exploration with preschoolers.

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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 December 2011/January 2012 issue features articles on bringing nature into the classroom, starting an online blog, and shadow exploration with preschoolers.

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New research in the early childhood education field continually highlights practices that more effectively support children’s learning. In this “Early Childhood Trends and Initiatives,” cluster, articles focus on current research, policy, and practice, and the relationships and connections between these three segments of the profession. Topics include the collection and application of classroom and school data, use of technology to enhance learning, intentional teaching practices, tailoring programs to fit a particular cultural group, the status of state funded pre-K programs, and an analysis of teaching practices for preschoolers.

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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 2011 issue features articles on staff meetings, limiting television time, partnering children for effective learning, and encouraging deep thinking in preschoolers. 

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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 2011 issue features articles on staff meetings, limiting television time, partnering children for effective learning, and encouraging deep thinking in preschoolers. 

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The September 2011 cluster of Young Children, “Fostering Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills in Young Children,” offers various approaches to build on children’s natural inquisitiveness. Articles cover implementing critical inquiry curricula, incorporating a metacognitive approach to reading comprehension in second grade, creating movement activities that enhance preschoolers’ working memory, using homemade toys to promote infant and toddler cognitive development, and more. 

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Young children need caring, responsive adults who build relationships with them and who provide developmentally appropriate experiences. They need adults who implement individualized strategies for children whose behavior interrupts their optimal development and learning. The July 2011 issue of Young Children focuses on "Behaviors that Still Challenge Children and Adults." Theme articles focus on dual language learners with challenging behaviors, rough play, superhero play, sexual development in young children, positive behavior strategies, and self-regulation. Additional articles discuss standards in kindergarten and promoting young children's prosocial skills.

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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 June/July 2011 issue features articles on visual supports, sun safety, science, and cooking.

To subscribe, please visit the TYC website or call 800-424-2460.

T eaching 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 June/July 2011 issue features articles on visual supports, sun safety, science, and cooking.

To subscribe, please visit the TYC website or call 800-424-2460.