As 51ɬɬÎÝapp’s new chief executive officer, Michelle Kang engages with the question, "How does the world’s largest early childhood membership organization connect to our journey?"
As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, social justice inequities related to child care have not been resolved. Advocacy for children and those who care for and educate them is needed now more than ever.
As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, social justice inequities related to child care have not been resolved. Advocacy for children and those who care for and educate them is needed now more than ever.
In this article, we discuss the benefits of engaging children in math learning through shared reading, outlining strategies that early childhood educators can use to extend the math during shared reading of both mathematical and non-mathematical books.
Authored by
Authored by:
Megan Onesti, Colleen Uscianowski, Michèle M. Mazzocco
In this article, we discuss the role of contrasting cases when introducing mathematical concepts to young children, especially with regard to integers, the various uses of the minus sign, and number operations.
Teachers can help children build the foundations of algebraic reasoning in preschool and elementary school by focusing on topics critical to algebra by using concrete objects found in any early learning setting or home and by offering simple activities.
This article focuses on one aspect of a child’s specific culture—making and relating to friends—and the paradigm shift that occurs when teachers evaluate what they observe and experience with children by the yardstick of childhood rather than adulthood.
In this article, we share contextual information about using the engineering design processÌýour program, including how we adapted a research-based curriculum to meet the individual needs of children with disabilities.
In this article, we discuss the need for teacher candidates to experience play, the equitable benefits of playful learning, and strategies that we use to position play within a standards-based curriculum.
Authored by
Authored by:
Melanie Loewenstein, Toni Denese Sturdivant, Josh Thompson
By connecting with their children while playing on the floor, at eye-level with them, families can foster their child's social, emotional, and cognitive development through creative play.