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Subitizing game
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2016

Message in a Backpack™ Family Math Game: Subitizing

Try this activity with your child to expose them to subitizing—the ability to “see” and recognize a small number of objects and know instantly how many there are without counting!

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Deanna Pecaski McLennan
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Article
Young Children
November 1, 2016

The Reading Chair: November 2016

New children's books too good to miss and one forever favorite.

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Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Article
Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2016

Now Read This! Hervé Tullet

Hervé Tullet is an innovative children’s book author known in France as “the prince of preschool books.”
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Child examines rotting vegetables in windowsill
Article
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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Child examines rotting vegetables in windowsill
Article
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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Two children playing outside under  long bamboo poles
Article
Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2016

Preschoolers Play With Bamboo

Bamboo is a unique natural material that can provide days—even months!—of exploration for preschool children.

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Condie Ward
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A young boy smiling and reading a book
Article
Young Children
September 1, 2016

The Reading Chair: September 2016

New children's books too good to miss and one forever favorite.

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Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Child making connective structure.
Article
Teaching Young Children
August 1, 2016

Now Read This! Books That Encourage Making

These stories bring to life the materials, processes, and mindsets that reflect the goals of making as learning.
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Three children hold up their paper animal creations.
Article
Young Children
July 1, 2016

Snapdragons and Math: Using Creativity to Inspire, Motivate, and Engage

This article gives an example of an arts infusion lesson that embraces creativity, describes the process of implementing the lesson and the resulting understanding demonstrated by the students.

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Tracey Hunter-Doniger
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Teacher reading to preschool class
Article
Young Children
July 1, 2016

The Reading Chair: July 2016

New children's books too good to miss and one forever favorite.

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Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Two children creating a project with cardboard box
Blog
June 17, 2016

Making, Tinkering, and The Toy Store Project

What happens when you give a young child a cardboard box? They turn it into a car, a robot, a doghouse, or a spaceship. Children are natural makers

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Cate Heroman, Kerry Sheldon, Sarah West
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Teacher reading to preschool class
Article
Young Children
May 1, 2016

The Reading Chair: May 2016

Five new books, plus an old favorite!

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Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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A young child draws on a tablet
Article
Young Children
May 1, 2016

Getting Smarter About E-Books for Children

Children’s books captivate young children, and teachers love to see kids engrossed in their pages. But what if that book is an e-book? Does that change the equation?

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Lisa Guernsey, Michael H. Levine
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A diverse group of young children looking forward to a read aloud
Article
Young Children
May 1, 2016

Reading Your Way to a Culturally Responsive Classroom

Showing children that we see and value all aspects of them—including attributes related to race and culture—is a critical step in helping them feel welcome and connected to their teachers and peers.

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Shannon B. Wanless, Patricia A. Crawford
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