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TYC February/March 2017 Issue Cover
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Teaching Young Children
Vol. 10, No. 3
February 1, 2017

February/March 2017

Sensory Activities, Coding, March DaDness
TYC February/March 2017 Issue
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Child in poop machine in outdoor sandbox
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2016

The Poop Machine

Read the following story and teacher reflections, and use the Reflective Questions to deepen your own thinking and teaching practices.

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Nadia Jaboneta, Deb Curtis
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Children hip hop dancing
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2016

Teaching and Learning With Hip-Hop Culture

To honor their interests, support their learning, and connect with their culture, a preschool teacher decided to incorporate aspects of hip-hop culture into the curriculum.

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Authored by: 
​Anthony Broughton
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Two preschoolers during nap time
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2016

Nap Time Is for Letting Go

Preschool staff might start using the transition to nap time as an opportunity to help children take a break from the day’s activities.

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Authored by: 
Wendy Mendola
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TYC December/January 2017 Issue Cover
Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 10, No. 2
December 1, 2016

December/January 2017

Subitizing, Hip-Hop, and Nap Time
TYC December/January 2017 Issue
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Blog
November 21, 2016

A Tribute to the Power of a Teacher—The Ruby Bridges Story

I had the privilege and pleasure of welcoming Ruby Bridges to 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s 2015 Annual Conference and hearing her opening address. Her remarks about the difference one teacher can make have stayed with me every moment since.

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Authored by: 
Carol Brunson Day
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Blog
November 14, 2016

Daycare or School? There’s a Third Way

A recent Atlantic article questions the linguistic shift by parents from the term daycare to school. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's CEO responds to the article with this in-depth blog post

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Authored by: 
Rhian Evans Allvin
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Five professionals looking ahead
Blog
November 10, 2016

Our Future

Each and every day, in early learning programs around the country, you, our 51³Ô¹ÏÍø members, have a powerful opportunity to impact the lens with which children and their families approach the world

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Rhian Evans Allvin
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National Building Museum’s ICEBERGS exhibit
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November 1, 2016

Program Administrators Encounter ICEBERGS on a Field Trip!

In August 2016, early childhood program administrators from across the country came together for 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s first Summer Camp for Program Administrators

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Authored by: 
Cass Ryan
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A small group of children engages in an art project
Article
Young Children
November 1, 2016

Our Proud Heritage: Lessons for Today The Ypsilanti Perry Preschool, Part II

Louise Derman-Sparks and Evelyn Moore’s contribution to our understanding of the Ypsilanti Perry Preschool program brings to mind a century of US early childhood education history.

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Louise Derman-Sparks, Evelyn K. Moore
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A young boy smiling and reading a book
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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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Article
Young Children
November 1, 2016

Rocking and Rolling: Learning to Move

Motor development is a constant learning process. A child’s body is continuously growing and changing, and his environment offers different opportunities for movement.

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Authored by: 
Sandra Petersen, Emily J. Adams, Linda Groves Gillespie
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