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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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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.

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Authored by: 
Leslie La Croix, Kimberly Sanders Austin, Christine Pegorraro Schull, Sara E. Miller, Julie K. Kidd
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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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Voices of Practitioners
December 1, 2023

Embracing Disability Identity: Representation in Literature as a Tool Towards Inclusivity

In this article, we share how reading experiences served as jumping off points for exploring how disability representation in children’s literature can be incorporated as an essential component of teacher preparation and children’s literacy learning. 

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Authored by: 
Maria Mavrides Calderon, Isabel Mavrides-Calderon
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New children’s books too good to miss!
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Young Children
September 1, 2023

The Reading Chair

New children’s books too good to miss!

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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Young Children
June 1, 2023

The Reading Chair: Summer 2023

New children’s books too good to miss!

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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Article
Young Children
March 1, 2023

The Reading Chair: Spring 2023

New children’s books too good to miss!

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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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The cover of the publication Teaching Young Children, volume 16 number 2.
Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 16, No. 2
January 3, 2023

Winter 2023

Playful and Engaging Arts Integration
No matter your own skills in the arts, this issue of Teaching Young Children has ideas for you. You’ll learn about “process art”, ways to integrate art into other content areas, using music in your setting, and more!
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