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Young Children Home > May 2012 - Vol. 67, No. 3

May 2012 - Vol. 67, No. 3

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cover of Young Children, volume 67, number 3

Technology and Young Children: New Tools and Strategies for Teachers and Learners

The May issue focuses on technology and young children—new tools and strategies for teachers and learners. Read about effectively using whiteboards in early childhood mathematics, incorporating multimedia albums with preschoolers, documenting children’s learning with smartphones and tablets, and supporting young children’s scientific thinking through play.

NAEYC members can read this entire issue of Young Children online in the Members Only area.  

Finding the Education in Educational Technology/   Lilla Dale McManis and Susan B. Gunnewig

Supporting the Scientific Inquiry and Thinking of Toddlers and Preschoolers Through Play/Maria Hamlin and Debora B. Wisneski

Touch Tablet Surprises: A Preschool Teacher's Story / Rena Shifflet, Cheri Toledo, and Cassandra Mattoon

 

Additional Features

The Reading Chair/Isabel Baker and Miriam Baker Schiffer

Rocking and Rolling.  More, All Gone, Empty, Full: Math Talk Every Day in Every Way/Jan Greenberg

Guidance Matters. "Goodest" Guidance: Teachers and Families Together/Dan Gartrell

Focus on Ethics. Differing Faiths in a Faith-Based Program/Stephanie Feeney and Nancy Freeman

NAEYC Affiliate Successes. NAEYC's National Dialogue: Strengthening Local, State, Regional, and National Relationships/Betsy Carlin

Resources about Technology and Young Children

NAEYC members can read this entire issue of Young Children online in the Members Only area. 

 

10 Introduction and Resources
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Finding the Education in Educational Technology with Early Learners / Lilla Dale McManis and Susan B. Gunnewig

26 Interactive Whiteboards in Early Childhood Mathematics: Strategies for Effective Implementation in Pre-K—Grade 3 / Sandra M. Linder
36 Touch Tablet Surprises: A Preschool Teacher's Story / Rena Shifflet, Cheri Toledo, and Cassandra Mattoon
42 Exploring Elephant Seals in New Jersey: Preschoolers Use Collaborative Multimedia Albums / Victoria B. Fantozzi
50 iDocument: How Smartphones and Tablets Are Changing Documentation in Preschool and Primary Classrooms / Will Parnell and Jackie Bartlett
60
The Reading Chair/ Isabel Baker and Miriam Baker Schiffer
62

Rocking and Rolling. More, All Gone, Empty, Full: Math Talk Every Day in Every Way / Jan Greenberg

66

Guidance Matters. "Goodest" Guidance: Teachers and Families Together / Dan Gartrell

70 Focus on Ethics. Differing Faiths in a Faith-Based Program / Stephanie Feeney, Nancy K. Freeman, and Rabbi Meir Muller
72

NAEYC Affiliate Successes. NAEYC's National Dialogue: Strengthening Local, State, Regional, and National Relationships / Betsy Carlin

82 Supporting the Scientific Thinking and Inquiry of Toddlers and Preschoolers through Play /  Maria Hamlin and Debora B. Wisneski
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Number Sense: Strategies for Helping Preschool through Grade 3 Children Develop Math Skills/  Bradley S. Witzel, Christine J. Ferguson, and Deborah V. Mink

96 Supporting Children's Learning While Meeting State Standards: Strategies and Suggestions for Pre-K—Grade 3 Teachers in Public School Contexts/ Lisa S. Goldstein and Michelle Bauml
104 Family Literacy Packs: Engaging Teachers, Families, and Young Children in Quality Activities to Promote Partnerships for Learning/ Barbara G. Hammack, Martha M. Foote, Stephen Garretson, and Josh Thompson
111 New Books/ Gail Perry

 

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