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Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2016

The Rotten Truth—Discovering Decay!

On a summer day, three preschool teachers and an early education consultant met to draft a unit on decay. They used this planning session to design a curriculum specific to their own group of children and families on pumpkin decay.

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Bonnie Blagojevic, Victoria Grotton, Suzen Polk-Hoffses, Karen Thomes
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Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2016

La descompuesta verdad: ¡Descubrir la descomposición!

On a summer day, three preschool teachers and an early education consultant met to draft a unit on decay. They used this planning session to design a curriculum specific to their own group of children and families on pumpkin decay.

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Bonnie Blagojevic, Victoria Grotton, Suzen Polk-Hoffses, Karen Thomes
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Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 10, No. 1
October 1, 2016

October/November 2016

Decay, Hervé Tullet, Counting
TYC October/November 2016 Issue
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Article
Young Children
September 1, 2016

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YC September 2016 Issue
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Young Children
Vol. 71, No. 4
September 1, 2016

September 2016

Ensuring Best Practice: Quality Improvement Initiatives
YC September 2016 Issue
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Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 9, No. 5
August 1, 2016

August/September 2016

Back to School, Making, Measurement
TYC August/September 2016 Issue
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Article
Young Children
July 1, 2016

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YC July 2016 Issue
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Young Children
Vol. 71, No. 3
July 1, 2016

July 2016

21st Century Teaching and Learning
YC July 2016 Issue
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Article
Young Children
July 1, 2016

21st Century Teaching and Learning

The July 2016 cluster articles provide a snapshot of the developmentally appropriate ways the needs of young children growing up today are being addressed.

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M. Deanna Ramey
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Young Children
May 1, 2016

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Young Children
Vol. 71, No. 2
May 1, 2016

May 2016

Teaching and Learning with Children's Books
YC May 2016 Issue
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Article
Young Children
May 1, 2016

Teaching and Learning With Children’s Books

Reading the articles in this cluster as a new teacher might have helped me see the many ways children’s books can support teaching and learning.

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Susan Friedman
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Blog
April 27, 2016

Teaching and Learning With Children's Books

This blog post introduces the cluster (themed group of articles) for the May issue of NAEYC's journal, Young Children

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Susan Friedman
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Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 9, No. 4
April 1, 2016

April/May 2016

Juicy Questions, Engaged Learning, Music, Drama, and Dance
TYC April/May 2016 Issue
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Article
Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2016

Good Guidance: The 7 Essential Life Skills

In this issue, Galinsky delves into the first life skill, focus and self control, and offers teachers practical suggestions for promoting this skill in their work with preschoolers.

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Ellen Galinsky
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2016

Planes, Trains, Cars, and Bikes: Preschoolers Study Transportation

This peek into an engaging learning environment shows developmentally appropriate practice in action in an NAEYC-accredited program.

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Caroline Cummings, Lena Salzbank, Alison Hurst
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