In order to move beyond teaching preschool students to identify and form letters, it is essential to understand that writing encompasses multiple dimensions.
We need you—your experience and expertise as a NAEYC member and leader in the early childhood field—in our organization. We invite you to come to the table and make your voice heard!
El financiamiento pleno del costo del cuidado y educación infantil de alta calidad, que incluye una compensación y prestaciones para educadores de la infancia que correspondan con la importancia de su labor, es de la mayor prioridad.
Full financing of the cost of high-quality early education and care, which includes compensation and benefits for early childhood educators in keeping with the importance of their work, is at the top of the list.
Únase a nosotros—como los defensores que son y tienen que ser—para insistir en que nuestro país cumpla la promesa de una educación infantil de alta calidad para nuestros niños, familias y comunidades.
Join us—as the advocates you are and must be—to insist that our country deliver on the promise of high-quality early childhood education for our children, families, and communities.
This article considers some specific areas of children’s learning commonly addressed in ELDS, with an eye toward how they do—and do not—honor cultural diversity.
Authored by
Authored by:
Jeanne L. Reid, Catherine Scott-Little, Sharon Lynn Kagan
As teachers, we need to begin by reflecting on our own spiritual experiences, biases, knowledge bases, and identities. Regardless of our beliefs, we should consider how these views could impact daily interactions.
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.
On the most challenging days, begin your self-reflection with Derman-Sparks’ and Edwards’ wise words: “Anti-bias work is essentially optimistic work about the future for our children.”
Tessie Ragan comes from a long line of educators. Her mother was a military family child care provider, and her grandmother taught public elementary school in Queens, New York.
