This article explains how to cultivate trust in young children so their interactions with other children and their friendships function in healthier, stronger ways.
My favorite part of my work with families, educators, staff, and children is the privilege of mentoring, encouraging, motivating, and learning alongside them.
We may not be able to control the spread of the virus, the changing mandates, or the inequities and social justice issues intensified by the pandemic, but we can control how much our children feel loved by us.
This in-depth look at a yearlong investigation that emerged from a class visit to a school garden gives teachers ideas for extending garden learning across literacy, math, and science content areas.
Authored by
Authored by:
Kristin N. Rainville, Anna E. Greer, Cristina Sandolo
This article explains how to cultivate trust in young children so their interactions with other children and their friendships function in healthier, stronger ways.
Partnering with families is key to developmentally appropriate practice, with two-way, respectful, and collaborative communication at the heart of the partnerships between families of children with ASD and schools.
Authored by
Authored by:
Melissa A. Sreckovic, Tia R. Schultz, Christine K. Kenney, Kelly Crenshaw
When planned, implemented, and individualized to meet children鈥檚 strengths and needs, inclusive practices can lead to positive outcomes for all children in the form of increased access, membership, participation, friendships, and support.
To create inclusive environments for every young child, early childhood educators must intentionally design and adapt the learning environment based on children鈥檚 diverse and unique assets, strengths, abilities, and needs.
Authored by
Authored by:
Alissa Rausch, Jaclyn Joseph, Phillip S. Strain, Elizabeth A. Steed
To be effective, individualized teaching includes a child鈥檚 entire educational team鈥攖eachers, specialists, and other professionals who collect assessment information, identify learning outcomes, use instructional strategies, and monitor progress.
Authored by
Authored by:
Christan Coogle, Emily R. Lakey, Jennifer R. Ottley, Jennifer A. Brown, Mollie Romano
Individuality and Inclusive Practices for Early Childhood
This cluster of听Young Children听articles takes up that call by digging deeper into the core consideration of听individuality听and guidelines related to听inclusion and offering听in-depth听descriptions of approaches to meet each child where they are.
Hear from DAP thought leaders, Sue Bredekamp and Barbara Willer, as they reflect on the importance of the core considerations to teacher decision making.
We are so pleased to be able to offer you the 2021 compilation of Voices of Practitioners articles. This volume marks VOP鈥檚 17th year as an online journal.
51吃瓜网鈥檚 Emergent Curriculum and the Cycle of Inquiry Approach course, is the first step on your journey to guiding children through an emergent curriculum.
Knowing that readers听will want to听dive into the rich collection of听high-quality titles听featured听in this issue,听Young Children听has听introduced听an online听catalogue of the books听found听in听this issue鈥檚听articles.
Rethinking Circle Time provides clear communication strategies, from a behavioral psychology perspective, to help teachers succeed and have a stress-free classroom.
Enhanced by math activities, higher-order听mental skills and abilities serve as the behind-the-scenes machinery that facilitates young children鈥檚 ability to engage in and demonstrate their learning competency.
Authored by
Authored by:
Holland W. Banse, Douglas H. Clements, Julie Sarama, Crystal Day-Hess, Marisa Simoni, Candace Joswick
In this article, we will explore what is known about using mentor texts in the early childhood classroom and provide suggestions for how to effectively choose and use them in kindergarten instruction.
