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Young Children
June 3, 2024

Executive Function and Early Literacy: Play-Based Strategies to Promote Reading-Related Skills

51ɬɬÎÝapp promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

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Zachary T. Barnes, Kelly B. Cartwright
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Young Children
June 3, 2024

The LEARN Framework: Supporting Self-Regulation in Diverse Early Childhood Settings

51ɬɬÎÝapp promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

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Tahnee L. Wilder, Ashley Y. Grays, Fanica Young, Danica Moise, Sharde Theodore
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Young Children
June 3, 2024

Intentionally Building Self-Regulation and Literacy Skills: The Power of Dramatization in Kindergarten

51ɬɬÎÝapp promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

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Authored by: 
Barbara Wilder-Smith, ÌýDeborah J. Leong, Elena Bodrova
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New children’s books too good to miss!
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Young Children
June 3, 2024

The Reading Chair: Summer 2024

New children’s books too good to miss

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Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Young Children
March 1, 2024

Toward An Equity-Centered Approach to Early Childhood Social Studies

In this article, we follow Ms. Mena’s kindergartners’ lead to imagine an approach to early childhood social studies that makes space and time for inquiry into compelling social studies questions.

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Authored by: 
Anna Falkner, Noreen Naseem Rodríguez
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new books too good to miss!
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Young Children
March 1, 2024

The Reading Chair

New children’s books too good to miss!

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Authored by: 
Isabel Baker, Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Young Children
March 1, 2024

Making Connections. Many Members, One Purpose

Learn how 51ɬɬÎÝapp is working to deepen your feelings of belonging and engagement.

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Michelle Kang
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Voices of Practitioners
December 1, 2023

An Innocent Question Packed with Opportunity

Author Maria Beteta describes how an innocent question became an opportunity to explore powerful concepts such as identity, culture, self-perception, differences, and similarities that connect us all.

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Maria Jose Beteta
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Voices of Practitioners
December 1, 2023

Embracing Disability Identity: Representation in Literature as a Tool Towards Inclusivity

In this article, we share how reading experiences served as jumping off points for exploring how disability representation in children’s literature can be incorporated as an essential component of teacher preparation and children’s literacy learning.Ìý

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Authored by: 
Maria Mavrides Calderon, Isabel Mavrides-Calderon
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