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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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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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Juli-Anna Aerila, Merja Kauppinen, Johanna Lähteelä, Mari Siipola
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Young Children
December 1, 2023

Member Spotlight: Delysia S. Riddick

Meet Delysia S. Riddick, an early childhood mental health consultant in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Teaching Young Children
October 2, 2023

A Three-Step Approach to Help Children Navigate Conflict

Teachers can follow a three-step strategy to help children resolve conflicts and develop self-regulation skills.

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Authored by: 
Kyla McRoy, Hope K. Gerde, Laurie Linscott
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Teaching Young Children
October 2, 2023

Integrating Families’ Funds of Knowledge into Daily Teaching Practices

In this article, we share examples of developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate practices that include families’ funds of knowledge through the use of family artifacts and photographs.

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Authored by: 
Iliana Alanís, Irasema Salinas-González
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