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Teaching Young Children (TYC)—NAEYC's award-winning magazine for classroom educators—highlights current thinking on best practices in early childhood education, innovations in the field, research and its implications, and interesting ideas for and from preschool teachers.

 

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The cover of the Winter 2024 edition of TYC.
Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 17, No. 2
January 2, 2024

Winter 2024

Literacy Practices for Preschool
Teaching Young Children is NAEYC's magazine for anyone who works with preschoolers. Colorful, informative, and easy-to-read, TYC is packed full of teaching ideas, strategies, and tips.
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Article
Teaching Young Children
January 2, 2024

Message from Michelle

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.

Authored by

Authored by: 
Michelle Kang
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Article
Teaching Young Children
January 2, 2024

Message from TYC Editorial Team

This issue of Teaching Young Children aims to complement and expand the literacy practices you implement in the classroom.
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Teaching Young Children
January 2, 2024

Leveraging the Environment to Ignite Children’s Literacy Learning

Focusing on the ecology of the classroom allows educators to intentionally create opportunities throughout the learning day to foster children’s early literacy and language skills.

Authored by

Authored by: 
Leslie La Croix, Kimberly Sanders Austin, Christine Pegorraro Schull, Sara E. Miller, Julie K. Kidd
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Article
Teaching Young Children
January 2, 2024

Creating Dramatic Play Areas That Support Literacy Development

By incorporating literacy materials into dramatic play areas, teachers can create spaces and scenarios that foster children’s literacy learning.

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Authored by: 
Jemmael Joseph
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Article
Teaching Young Children
January 2, 2024

Message in a Backpack™. Planning a Trip? Encourage Your Child to Help

No matter where you’re going—whether running errands around town or to a big gathering far away—you can encourage your child to practice their literacy skills as you plan together.

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Authored by: 
Deborah Farmer Kris
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a child sharing family artifacts with the class
Article
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.

Authored by

Authored by: 
Iliana Alanís, Irasema Salinas-González
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Feature Teacher Cecilia Fowler with students looking in a jar
Article
Teaching Young Children
October 2, 2023

Feature Teacher: Cecilia Fowler

Cecilia Fowler teaches 3- and 4-year-olds at the University of Maryland’s laboratory preschool, The Center for Young Children, where she has been since 2003. 
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the cover for the fall 2023 issue of teaching young children
Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 17, No. 1
October 2, 2023

Fall 2023

Advancing Equity in Preschool: Practical Strategies
Teaching Young Children is NAEYC's magazine for anyone who works with preschoolers. Colorful, informative, and easy-to-read, TYC is packed full of teaching ideas, strategies, and tips.
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feature teacher cecilia fowler with children playing with a puppet
Article
Teaching Young Children
October 2, 2023

Message from TYC Editorial Team

Advancing equity in preschool depends on intentionality and reflection. We hope this issue illuminates developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate practices that you can apply in your own contexts.
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