For preschool-age children, evidence of anxiousness in the classroom includes general distress, clinginess, excessive worry, separation fears, somatic complaints, sleep difficulties, and repetitive and perfectionistic behaviors
Authored by
Authored by:
Sierra L. Brown, Allison McCobin, Stephanie Easley, Kara E. McGoey
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
The articles in this Young Children cluster offer a range of strategies and approaches for helping children who have experienced trauma, many of which may feel particularly relevant at this point in time.
This list, adapted from a conversation posted in Hello, NAEYC's online community and provides advice on how to increase enrollment during this economic crisis.
Children rely on adults to help them figure out what things mean. Children’s curiosity, puzzlement, and anxiety provide rich opportunities for adults to respond to their attempts to understand what they observe happening in their world.
Young children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of community disasters and other crises and traumatic events. This articles explains how educators and primary caregivers can help children cope with the stress of a community disaster.
Authored by
Authored by:
David J. Schonfeld, Thomas Demaria, Sairam A. Kumar
This revised edition provides the latest research-based guidance for supporting children's social identities, including gender, race, culture, abilities and more!
