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Teaching Young Children
October 2, 2023

A Three-Step Approach to Help Children Navigate Conflict

Teachers can follow a three-step strategy to help children resolve conflicts and develop self-regulation skills.

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Kyla McRoy, Hope K. Gerde, Laurie Linscott
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Teaching Young Children
October 2, 2023

Integrating Families’ Funds of Knowledge into Daily Teaching Practices

In this article, we share examples of developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate practices that include families’ funds of knowledge through the use of family artifacts and photographs.

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Iliana Alanís, Irasema Salinas-González
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Issue
Young Children
Vol. 78, No. 3
September 1, 2023

Fall 2023

Advances in Understanding Child Development and Learning: Through a Lens of Equity
This issue of Young Children highlights key child development concepts, such as agency and funds of knowledge, emphasizing the need to deepen our knowledge of child development and learning through a lens of equity.
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Teaching Young Children
April 3, 2023

Eliminate Barriers to Risk Taking in Outdoor Play

The benefits of outdoor play aren’t just physical. It allows children to challenge themselves and become appraisers of risk. This, in turn, helps develop cognitive, social and emotional, and self-regulatory skills.

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Authored by: 
Amanda Steiner, Anne Karabon, Leah Litz
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Teaching Young Children
April 3, 2023

Get Up and Move! Encouraging Physical Activity During the Learning Day

In this article, we share strategies for incorporating fine and large motor skills into daily learning experiences and highlight a lesson from one preschool class.

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Authored by: 
Amy August, Maria Fusaro, Andrea Golloher, Emily Slusser, Jihyun Lee, Julie Sliva Spitzer
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