Challenging behavior can signal difficulty with social and emotional adjustment—foundational competencies that are linked to children’s school readiness and later school success.
Louise Derman-Sparks and Evelyn Moore’s contribution to our understanding of the Ypsilanti Perry Preschool program brings to mind a century of US early childhood education history.
The early childhood education movement has grown steadily over the past two decades, plateaued in recent years, and currently is in dire need of reinforcements.
Motor development is a constant learning process. A child’s body is continuously growing and changing, and his environment offers different opportunities for movement.
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Authored by:
Sandra Petersen, Emily J. Adams, Linda Groves Gillespie
While urban schools may face complex challenges in providing effective education for children who speak many languages, they also have access to resources and supports not found in suburban and rural areas.
In this issue of Young Children, we share seven stories of best practice, innovative ideas, and new research related to teaching young children in urban programs.
NAEYC has long supported teacher research efforts in the early childhood field, as it advances the field’s understanding of child development and produces creative approaches to building high-quality learning experiences for young children.
Here are five things you can do - in just five minutes per day - to join the movement and make sure early childhood education is being embraced on the road to the White House (and the state house, and the school house!)
On a summer day, three preschool teachers and an early education consultant met to draft a unit on decay. They used this planning session to design a curriculum specific to their own group of children and families on pumpkin decay.
Authored by
Authored by:
Bonnie Blagojevic, Victoria Grotton, Suzen Polk-Hoffses, Karen Thomes
On a summer day, three preschool teachers and an early education consultant met to draft a unit on decay. They used this planning session to design a curriculum specific to their own group of children and families on pumpkin decay.
Authored by
Authored by:
Bonnie Blagojevic, Victoria Grotton, Suzen Polk-Hoffses, Karen Thomes
