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Young Children
June 16, 2020

Supporting Young Children after Crisis Events

Young children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of community disasters and other crises and traumatic events. This articles explains how educators and primary caregivers can help children cope with the stress of a community disaster.

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David J. Schonfeld, Thomas Demaria, Sairam A. Kumar
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Article
Young Children
May 1, 2020

How Can I Help You?: Reconsidering Behavior Management

Given that many teachers feel they are not well prepared to manage behaviors in a classroom (Pavri 2004), we have intentionally pursued this topic in our professional endeavors as teacher educators, observing hundreds of preservice and in-service teachers

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Adam L. Holland, Kathryn A. Ohle
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2020

From Circle Time to Small Groups: Meeting Childrens Needs

Circle time is the perfect place to establish a classroom community as teachers and children take time to greet one another.

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Sarah Taylor Vanover
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Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2020

Will You Pass the Peas, Please?

I hope to encourage more teachers to use family-style dining as part of their daily intentional teaching.

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Nikki Waldron
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2020

Tape Puts Everything Back Together

Helping children learn to recognize and manage big feelings is an important part of social and emotional development.

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Nancy Bleemer
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2020

Ask Hello. How to Handle Hurtful Words

In a recent Hello discussion, a member asked for advice on how to react when children use words that are hurtful or unsuitable for early learning spaces.
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2020

Instead of Discipline, Use Guidance

Its our job to teach children positive lessons from their mistakesand to make sure we dont hold their mistakes against them.

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Dan Gartrell
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2020

Mindful Morning Meetings

Try integrating a meditation bell into your morning meetings for additional social and emotional benefits.

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Ariel Villano
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2020

6x: What You Can Do to Prevent Preschool Expulsion

. Nationwide, suspension and expulsion from early childhood education programs is prevalent and problematic, and it disproportionately impacts Black boys. Here are six things you can do to prevent preschool expulsion.

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Alissa Mwenelupembe
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I'm Not Ready to Tidy Up

So what is a parent to do when they have a room full of playthings and a child who is not interested in picking any of it up? Here are five tips Ive gathered from my career as an early childhood educator and my experience as a mom
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