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Article
Young Children
July 1, 2019

Anecdotal Records: Practical Strategies for Taking Meaningful Notes

High-stakes, summative assessments are used to gauge student learning against a standard or a benchmark (Afflerbach 2016; Ferguson 2017) and are sometimes used to make significant educational decisions about children.

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Celeste C. Bates, Stephanie Madison Schenck, Hayley J. Hoover
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Article
Young Children
July 1, 2019

Intentional and Supportive: Appropriate Uses of Early Assessments

The articles in this cluster offer detailed information on ways teachers can observe and document children’s learning across developmental domains and then use that documentation to plan instruction.

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Lisa Hansel
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Issue
Young Children
Vol. 74, No. 3
July 1, 2019

July 2019

Intentional & Supportive: Appropriate Uses of Early Assessments
YC July 2019 Issue
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Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2019

Fostering Responsibility: Setting Children Up for Success

You can use powerful strategies to increase children’s sense of responsibility and boost their cooperation. Here’s how to make it work!

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Marie L. Masterson
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2019

Preschool in the Park: Place-Based Learning in Unexpected Spaces

Schools like Tiny Trees that offer place-based education rely on the surrounding landscape to teach life skills, such as staying warm and contributing to the community.

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Authored by: 
Rachel J. Franz
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Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 12, No. 4
April 1, 2019

April/May 2019

Talking About Identity, Preschool in the Park
TYC April/May 2019 Issue
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Article
Young Children
March 1, 2019

Joyful Learning with Stories: Making the Most of Read Alouds

The SEEDS approach to repeated read alouds offers teachers a structured, emotionally supportive, and intentional way to increase children’s language and literacy development.

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Kathleen M. Horst, Lisa H. Stewart, Susan True
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Article
Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2019

The Sunshine Call: Celebrating Children’s Successes

For some young children, the transition from home to school is tough. Sometimes a little celebration of progress is just what children, and their teachers, need.

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Kim Bell
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2019

Feature Teacher: Vibeka Mitchell

Vibeka Mitchell is Navajo from Naschitti, New Mexico. She is a Head Start teacher with Youth Development Incorporated (YDI), located on the campus of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), in Albuquerque.
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TYC February/March 2019
Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 12, No. 3
February 1, 2019

February/March 2019

Black Boys Matter, Conversations With Children
TYC February/March 2019 Issue
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Mini-Course: Classroom-Based Assessment (On Demand)

Classroom-Based Assessment is an online mini-course for teachers of preschool children. In this course, you will learn about evidence-based assessment, as well as observation and documentation within the classroom.
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January 1, 2019

Serious Fun: How Guided Play Extends Children's Learning

Guided play is a powerful tool educators can use to help preschoolers and kindergartners learn essential knowledge and skills in the context of playful situations.

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Authored by: 
Marie L. Masterson, Holly Bohart
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