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Young Children

Making Connections. The Professional Obligation to Value Families

families is essential to using developmentally appropriate practice 鈥� create a professional field of practice for early childhood educators 鈥� families is essential to using developmentally appropriate practice 鈥攚hich, by definition, must 鈥�

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December 2020 - Knowledge-Rich Curriculum: Supporting Identity Development & Advancing Equity

Emergent Curriculum Other Topics Developmentally Appropriate Practice Professional Development Professionalism YC 鈥�

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Cultivating Self-Awareness in 51吃瓜网 with Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

without judgment, we can practice mindfulness. Mindfulness 鈥� are more likely to endorse developmentally appropriate practices with infants and toddlers 鈥� including culturally responsive practices (Berlin et al. 2020 鈥�

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What About the Children? Teachers Cultivating and Nurturing the Voice and Agency of Young Children

than their White peers, a practice called adultification. Additionally 鈥� dangerous, violent, and not developmentally appropriate (Wright with Counsell 2018 鈥� languages and other cultural practices that children of color bring 鈥�

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From Our President. Empowering Early Educators

ask questions, reflect, and practice as I learned something new鈥� 鈥� questions, reflecting, and practicing . Thanks to Tammy鈥檚 leadership 鈥� preparing educators to engage in developmentally appropriate practice , and setting high standards 鈥�

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Collaborating With Colleagues in Related Fields

Commitment to developmentally appropriate practice means, at its core, knowing 鈥�

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When in Doubt, Reach Out: Teaming Strategies for Inclusive Early Childhood Settings

those with disabilities or developmental delays, such as in the areas 鈥� foundational, research-supported practices for working with infants 鈥�

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From Our President. Passing the Baton . . . Staying in the Race

position statements focused on developmentally appropriate practice and affirming and promoting 鈥�

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What鈥檚 Happening Here? Observing and Supporting Teachers鈥� Growth

their deep understanding of developmentally appropriate practice , preschool teachers know 鈥� the important leadership practice of evaluation 鈥�

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Daycare or School? There鈥檚 a Third Way

effort to define our field of practice . Now we must make sure our 鈥� programs鈥攃an be dynamic, developmentally appropriate environments that strongly 鈥�

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Making Connections. The Professional Obligation to Value Families

December 2020 - Knowledge-Rich Curriculum: Supporting Identity Development & Advancing Equity

Cultivating Self-Awareness in 51吃瓜网 with Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

What About the Children? Teachers Cultivating and Nurturing the Voice and Agency of Young Children

From Our President. Empowering Early Educators

Collaborating With Colleagues in Related Fields

When in Doubt, Reach Out: Teaming Strategies for Inclusive Early Childhood Settings

From Our President. Passing the Baton . . . Staying in the Race

What鈥檚 Happening Here? Observing and Supporting Teachers鈥� Growth

Daycare or School? There鈥檚 a Third Way

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