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Message from the TYC Editorial Team

No matter your own skills in the arts, this issue of听TYC听has ideas for you! You鈥檒l read about what process art is in 鈥淲hat Will We Make? Using Process Art to Spark Preschoolers鈥� Development,鈥� which is accompanied by a Message in a Backpack鈩⑻齮o share with families. Authors outline specific ways to integrate art into other learning areas in 鈥淏eyond the Art Center: How Prop Making Merges Art and Make-Believe Play鈥� and 鈥淭he Beauty of Words: Integrating Art and Vocabulary in the听Preschool Setting.鈥�

Not to be missed are pieces on 鈥淲hat Do You See? Including Art Appreciation in Early Childhood鈥� and 鈥淯sing Music in Your Setting: Tips for the Nonmusician.鈥� Completing this theme, educators reflect on arts across the curriculum, in 鈥淧enguins, Chicks, and Caves: Journal Notes on Moving from STEM to STEAM,鈥� and in connection to DAP, in 鈥淎 Scribble Is Never Just a Scribble: Art, Story,听and Process.鈥�

Reflection Questions for This Issue

What do the arts mean to you personally听and professionally?
How do children respond during arts experiences in your setting? How might they respond to the activities mentioned in听this issue?
The articles focus primarily on visual arts and music. The arts also include dance, theater, and media arts. How do you address each of the arts disciplines?

We encourage you to share your voice with us! Submit an article听(), nominate yourself or a colleague to be a Feature Teacher (), or provide feedback to us about听TYC听([email protected]).

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