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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2024

Beyond Itsy Bitsy: Spiders in the Early Childhood Classroom

Suggestions for spider-related activities that early childhood educators can integrate into a cross-curricular project or unit of study.

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Authored by: 
William Straits
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Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2024

Individualizing Approaches Through Intentional Practice: A Family Educator’s Experience

In this article, we share examples of intentional practices in a family child care setting, and we highlight how these approaches can be adapted by educators in other types of programs to foster an inclusive learning community.

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Authored by: 
Elena Bacmeister, Dorothy Shapland Rodriguez, Margarita (Mar) Taylor, Renae Cueves Días
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2024

Planning for Individuality in Preschool Spaces

This article outlines ways that educators can identify children’s unique strengths and abilities, then offers examples of individualized lesson plans for different times and activities during the day.

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Authored by: 
Jessica Grimone-Hopkins, Christina Mirtes
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Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2024

Message from TYC Editorial Team

This issue of Teaching Young Children focuses on how preschool educators can learn about and be responsive to each child’s individual assets, personalities, approaches to learning, and needs.
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Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2024

Message from Michelle

By getting to know each learner’s unique qualities, interests, and strengths, educators form the foundations for belonging and foster learning and development for every child in partnership with families.

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Authored by: 
Michelle Kang
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Article
Young Children
March 1, 2024

Member Spotlight: Brent Spears

Meet Brent Spears of Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Child Development Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
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Article
Young Children
March 1, 2024

Integrating the Arts into Preschool Literacy Practices

Teachers can use the Stories Make Readers model to create arts activities that increase children’s literacy engagement.

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Authored by: 
Juli-Anna Aerila, Merja Kauppinen, Johanna Lähteelä, Mari Siipola
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Article
Young Children
March 1, 2024

Toward An Equity-Centered Approach to Early Childhood Social Studies

In this article, we follow Ms. Mena’s kindergartners’ lead to imagine an approach to early childhood social studies that makes space and time for inquiry into compelling social studies questions.

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Authored by: 
Anna Falkner, Noreen Naseem Rodríguez
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new books too good to miss!
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Young Children
March 1, 2024

The Reading Chair

New children’s books too good to miss!

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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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