All Early Primary Content

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The cover for the spring 2023 edition of Young Children, featuring a child with a teacher.
Issue
Young Children
Vol. 78, No. 1
March 1, 2023

Spring 2023

Developmentally Appropriate Assessment Practices: Gathering, Understanding, and Using Information
This issue of Young Children examines developmentally appropriate and equitable assessment practices for early childhood settings.
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A craft tree made from recycled materials.
Blog
January 5, 2023

Cardboard Challenge: Introducing New Skills in Authentic Ways

To create a community building event with family involvement, we decided to engage in a Cardboard Challenge focused on trees: How could children build a tree with cardboard-like materials and make it interactive?

Authored by

Authored by: 
Kelly Bird
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2024 Institute Topics

Get the most out of your institute experience and register for our Pre-Institute workshops.
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a child looking through a stack of large drawings
Article
Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2022

A New Purpose in Calendar Time

Learn engaging, child-appropriate ways to conduct calendar time.

Authored by

Authored by: 
Susan Swiderek
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Article
Young Children
September 1, 2022

The Reading Chair

New children’s books too good to miss and one Forever Favorite!

Authored by

Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Article
Young Children
September 1, 2022

Promoting Algebraic Reasoning in the Early Years

Teachers can help children build the foundations of algebraic reasoning in preschool and elementary school by focusing on topics critical to algebra by using concrete objects found in any early learning setting or home and by offering simple activities.

Authored by

Authored by: 
Lindsey Perry
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two young children eating their snacks together
Article
Young Children
June 1, 2022

Viewpoint: A Culture of Their Own: Exploring Childhood as a Unique Cultural Group

This article focuses on one aspect of a child’s specific culture—making and relating to friends—and the paradigm shift that occurs when teachers evaluate what they observe and experience with children by the yardstick of childhood rather than adulthood.

Authored by

Authored by: 
Emily Plank
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