Dual Language Learners

Welcoming and Supporting Dual Language Learners

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Welcoming Dual Language Learners

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Digital Story Helps Dual Language Learner Connect with Classmates

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What Parents Have to Teach Us About Their Dual Language Children

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Supporting High-Quality EarlyEd for Dual Language Learners

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Supporting Language: Culturally Rich Dramatic Play

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Many Languages, One Classroom: Supporting Children in Superdiverse Settings

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Young Children

November 1, 2024

The Power of Child-Created Texts and Puppetry: Nurturing Preschoolers鈥� Social and Emotional Development (Voices)

Learn how one teacher used a strengths-based approach to support the social and emotional development of two multilingual preschool children in her setting.

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Kiyomi Umezawa, Emiko Kurosawa Arakaki

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Young Children

September 2, 2024

Using Environmental Print to Support Content Learning: Learning from Cereal Boxes

Teachers can use environmental print to support children's literacy development and content learning.

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Shelley Hong Xu, Stacy Bauer, Sandra Mora Garcia, Claudine Maloles, Kelly Gacos

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Young Children

September 2, 2024

Engaging Families of Multilingual Learners: Using Families鈥� Stories to Link Classroom Content with Children鈥檚 Funds of Knowledge

Teachers can use technology as a tool to create equitable learning environments that celebrate families' funds of knowledge.

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Alexandra Figueras-Daniel, Bernice Vasquez

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Young Children

September 2, 2024

Informed and Guided by Context: Strengths-Based Teaching and Learning

This issue of Young Children focuses on ways educators can build from children鈥檚 individual as well as social and cultural assets.

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Annie Moses

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Message in a Backpack鈩�. Los beneficios de hablar el idioma de origen en el seno de la familia

Share with families the benefits of speaking their home languages with children.

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Rica Ram铆rez

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Promoting Language Growth Through Guided Drawing Interactions

Guided drawing provides rich opportunities for supporting and extending multilingual learners鈥� language, vocabulary, and concept knowledge.

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Christina M. Cassano, Kathleen A. Paciga

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Now Read This! Books and Activities to Support Multilingual Learners in Preschool Settings

Three books teachers can use to capitalize on multilingual learners' assets and interests.

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Hannah Mechler

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Using Pl谩ticas as an Inclusive and Responsive Approach in Early Learning Settings

By integrating pl谩ticas, or sustained conversations, into their settings, educators focus on children鈥檚 strengths, interests, and abilities linked to their home languages听and cultures.

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Julia Guadalupe Cuevas Guerra

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Honoring Home Languages: Strategies to Encourage Preschoolers鈥� Translanguaging Practices

By encouraging children鈥檚 translanguaging, educators create equitable learning settings that nurture children's sense of belonging.

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Loretta Fernando-Smith

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Message in a Backpack鈩�. Benefits When Families Speak Their Home Languages

Share with families the benefits of speaking their home languages with children.

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Rica Ram铆rez

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

6X. Six Ways Educators Can Honor Home Languages

Six ways monolingual teachers can honor children's home languages.

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Ang猫le Sancho Passe

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Embracing Linguistic Diversity to Support Multilingual Learners

Early childhood educators can support multilingual learners through a variety of strategies.

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Koryne Nnoli

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Message from TYC Editorial Team

This issue of TYC focuses on supporting and nurturing multilingualism in preschoolers.

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Message from Michelle

CEO Michelle Kang shares her experiences as a bilingual preschooler.

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Michelle Kang

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Teaching Young Children

July 1, 2024

Ask Hello. How Do You Support Indigenous Languages?

Early childhood educators share ways they incorporate Indigenous languages into their settings.

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Teaching Young Children

Vol. 17, No. 4

July 1, 2024

Summer 2024

Nurturing Multilingual Learners in Preschool

Teaching Young Children听is 51吃瓜网's magazine for anyone who works with preschoolers. Colorful, informative, and easy-to-read,听TYC听is packed full of teaching ideas, strategies, and tips.

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Teaching Young Children

Vol. 17, No. 1

October 2, 2023

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Advancing Equity in Preschool: Practical Strategies

Teaching Young Children听is 51吃瓜网's magazine for anyone who works with preschoolers. Colorful, informative, and easy-to-read,听TYC听is packed full of teaching ideas, strategies, and tips.

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Young Children

March 1, 2023

Promoting Language Learning Through Dual Language and Non-English Books

Dual language and non-English books help promote curiosity and engagement in early language learning and instruction.

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Christopher J. Wagner, Jeein Chung, Chelsea Kim, Yaritza Perdomo

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Young Children

September 1, 2021

Transnational Lives of Asian Immigrant Children in Multicultural Picture Books

It is important that educators and researchers pay attention to immigrant children鈥檚 experiences and honor and actively incorporate their transnational expertise into early learning settings.

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Jungmin Kwon, Wenyang Sun

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August 19, 2021

4 Key听Factors听for听Laying a Foundation for Rich Science Inquiry with Young Multilingual Learners听

In听our听ongoing听work, we have identified four factors that influence the degree to which teachers are able to fuel science inquiry with multilingual learners while simultaneously promoting equitable and inclusive classroom science environments.

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Cindy Hoisington, Jessica Mercer Young, Jeff Winokur

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