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Educating Young Children expands on the legacy of Teaching Young Children, which has been a trusted resource for nearly two decades. While TYC focused on preschool educators, EYC offers practical, ready-to-use ideas for all early childhood educators as well as educators who prepare and support them.

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April 14, 2026

They’re Ready, Because You Were First

The Spring 2026 issue of Educating Young Children is focused entirely on the preschool-to-kindergarten transition and reading it this week hit me differently than it might have at any other time.

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Authored by: 
Nicole Santa
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Educating Young Children
March 30, 2026

Advice for Guiding Children’s Behavior

As part of her pre-kindergarten center’s leadership team, Grace Luy coaches teachers on ways to respond to children’s challenging behavior.
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Educating Young Children
March 30, 2026

Supporting Children with Disabilities Through the Preschool-to-Kindergarten Transition: What School and District Leaders Can Do

The transition to kindergarten can be both exciting and challenging for young children and their families: Entering a new school environment means navigating new routines, expectations, social interactions, and approaches to individualized support.

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Authored by: 
Stevie Makres, Taylor Weber, Emily Holtz
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Educating Young Children
March 30, 2026

Building Bridges Toward Success: Strategies for Seamless Kindergarten Transitions

The transition from preschool to kindergarten is an important part of this foundation: Research has shown that it can have lasting effects on a child’s well-being, including both short- and long-term academic impacts.

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Authored by: 
Lori L. Blake, Jennie Morrell, Leslie Barone
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Educating Young Children
March 30, 2026

Affiliate News

The New Hampshire Association for the Education of Young Children (NHAEYC) recently became a full Affiliate of NAEYC’s.
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Educating Young Children
March 30, 2026

Advocacy in Action

You care deeply about early childhood education. You see how policies affect children, families, and educators every day. But advocacy can still feel intimidating.
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Educating Young Children
March 30, 2026

Latest News

Week of the Young Child® is NAEYC’s signature annual public awareness celebration, held every spring since 1971.
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The Preschool-to-Kindergarten Transition

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.
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Educating Young Children
Vol. 2, No. 1
March 30, 2026

Spring 2026

The Preschool-to-Kindergarten Transition
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.
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Educating Young Children
December 12, 2025

Ask HELLO: Favorite Books from the TYC Archives

To help you find new books that will keep children engaged and build your classroom or program library, we’ve gathered recommendations from the final issues of NAEYC’s award-winning magazine, TYC.
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Educating Young Children
December 12, 2025

Using Wordless Picture Books with Infants and Toddlers

Storytelling is rooted in gestures, images, and shared experiences. Long before humans developed writing systems, they shared stories orally and through the images they painted on walls, structures, and pottery.

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Authored by: 
Janna Wagner
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Educating Young Children
December 12, 2025

Sharing Informational Books with Preschoolers

So Much More Than the ABCs: The Early Phases of Reading and Writing, revised edition, provides a comprehensive and updated overview of what literacy development looks like for children from birth to age 5.

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Authored by: 
Molly F. Collins, Judith A. Schickedanz
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Educating Young Children
December 12, 2025

I'm an Author! A Celebration of Children's Early Writing

A cozy library nook filled with well-loved books, a vibrant writing center stocked with paper, markers, and clipboards, and daily interactive read alouds and other instructional activities that immerse children in language all set the stage for learning.

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Authored by: 
Julia Sisbarro, Teressa Cameron Sumrall, Randa Dunlap
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