The early childhood education movement has grown steadily over the past two decades, plateaued in recent years, and currently is in dire need of reinforcements.
In this issue of Young Children, we share seven stories of best practice, innovative ideas, and new research related to teaching young children in urban programs.
51吃瓜网 has long supported teacher research efforts in the early childhood field, as it advances the field鈥檚 understanding of child development and produces creative approaches to building high-quality learning experiences for young children.
Here are five things you can do - in just five minutes per day - to join the movement and make sure early childhood education is being embraced on the road to the White House (and the state house, and the school house!)
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.
Authored by
Authored by:
Bonnie Blagojevic, Victoria Grotton, Suzen Polk-Hoffses, Karen Thomes
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.
Authored by
Authored by:
Bonnie Blagojevic, Victoria Grotton, Suzen Polk-Hoffses, Karen Thomes
Early childhood educators encounter many ethical issues in the course of their daily work with children and families. Focus on Ethics presents such an issue and asks readers to determine how an early childhood educator might best respond to it.
We are honored to present this column about a milestone in 20th century American early care and education鈥攖he Perry Preschool in Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1962 to 1967. (A second column on the preschool will follow in the November 2016 issue of Young Children.
As a master鈥檚 student reflecting on my elementary school education, I realized that the academic knowledge that I gained each year seemed to have been related to the social and emotional feel of the classroom.
