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Young Children

An award-winning, peer-reviewed journal that combines research and practice, Young Children supports educational excellence and focuses on meeting the needs of all children, birth through third grade.

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Transforming Our Understanding of and Approaches to Children's Behaviors

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From Our President. Creating a Community of Care, Learning, and Joy: Equitable, Inclusive, and Responsive Guidance

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Making Connections. Transforming Our Understanding of and Approaches to Children鈥檚 Behaviors

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Young Children

Vol. 80, No. 1

March 17, 2025

Spring 2025

Transforming Our Understanding of and Approaches to Children鈥檚 Behaviors

In this issue of Young Children, authors present the meaning behind children鈥檚 behaviors and developmentally appropriate, equitable ways to respond to them.

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Young Children

Vol. 79, No. 4

November 1, 2024

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Creating and Supporting High-Quality Early Learning Programs

This issue of Young Children focuses on how continuous work and growth lead to quality programs.

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Vol. 79, No. 3

September 2, 2024

Fall 2024

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

In this issue of Young Children, authors demonstrate different ways early childhood educators can use research-informed strategies, materials, and activities to build from children鈥檚 individual as well as social and cultural assets.

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Making Connections. Transforming Our Understanding of and Approaches to Children鈥檚 Behaviors

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