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Blog
August 12, 2016

Back to School: Why Creating Classroom Community is So Important

The children in my class contribute to classroom rules and participate in discussions with teachers about fair consequences. Early in the year, we create a classroom manifesto that distills the community’s belief system

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Kate Kane
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Teaching Young Children
August 1, 2016

Advice for New Teachers

NAEYC’s Young Professionals Advisory Council (YPAC) was formed to help NAEYC strengthen its engagement with young professionals in the field. We asked YPAC members about their advice for new teachers. Here’s what they had to say.

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Rachel J. Franz, Jenifer N. Fuller, Zainia Keenan , Alexandra Green, Kathryn O'Hara-Wallis, Cody Summerville, Nick Terrones, Jillian Wendolowski
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Blog
July 1, 2016

Investing Early: The Best Sort of Nation-Building

The future of our country is being built on our work in early childhood development. We all must play a role in helping every child succeed

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David Lawrence
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Article
Young Children
July 1, 2016

Rocking and Rolling: It's Never "Just Play"!

The skills used in this scenario are what children will need as adults to succeed in the 21st century, and the children in this scenario are developing them seamlessly and organically through play.

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Linda Groves Gillespie
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Article
Young Children
July 1, 2016

The Reading Chair: July 2016

New children's books too good to miss and one forever favorite.

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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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YC July 2016 Issue
Issue
Young Children
Vol. 71, No. 3
July 1, 2016

July 2016

21st Century Teaching and Learning
YC July 2016 Issue
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Article
Young Children
July 1, 2016

21st Century Teaching and Learning

The July 2016 cluster articles provide a snapshot of the developmentally appropriate ways the needs of young children growing up today are being addressed.

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M. Deanna Ramey
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Article
Young Children
July 1, 2016

Read the Full Issue (July 2016)

Young Children's July 2016 issue is available as a PDF for members only. Please see the link below.
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Article
Young Children
May 1, 2016

The Reading Chair: May 2016

Five new books, plus an old favorite!

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Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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YC May 2016 Issue
Issue
Young Children
Vol. 71, No. 2
May 1, 2016

May 2016

Teaching and Learning with Children's Books
YC May 2016 Issue
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Article
Young Children
May 1, 2016

Teaching and Learning With Children’s Books

Reading the articles in this cluster as a new teacher might have helped me see the many ways children’s books can support teaching and learning.

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Susan Friedman
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Young Children
May 1, 2016

Read the Full Issue (May 2016)

Young Children's May 2016 issue is available as a PDF for members only. Please see the link below.
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Blog
April 27, 2016

Teaching and Learning With Children's Books

This blog post introduces the cluster (themed group of articles) for the May issue of NAEYC's journal, Young Children

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Susan Friedman
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Blog
April 11, 2016

Understanding the Power of Parent Involvement

As their children’s first teachers, parents have an amazing opportunity to nurture their children’s growth and development and to advocate for their education. And many parents want to be involved in their children’s education

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​Donna Kirkwood, Ph.D
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Blog
March 20, 2016

20 DAP Checklist Questions for Teachers

Adapted from an online Author Q&A with Heather Biggar Tomlinson, contributing author of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Focus on Preschoolers

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Georgi-Ann Clarke
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Teacher reading to preschool class
Article
Young Children
March 1, 2016

The Reading Chair: March 2016

New children's books too good to miss and one forever favorite.

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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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