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Blog
January 13, 2023

The Value of Documenting Process Art

Head Start preschool educator Amanda Messer offers insight into how young children can demonstrate early learning goals through engagement in process art.

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Authored by: Amanda Messer
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A child draws on a piece of paper.
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Teaching Young Children
January 3, 2023

A Scribble Is Never Just a Scribble: Art, Story, and Process

The following DAP snapshot and reflection touches on how one teacher responded to children’s marks on paper, encouraging creativity and integrated learning, particularly around drawing, writing, and storytelling.

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Authored by: Ron Grady
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Article
Teaching Young Children
January 3, 2023

Beyond the Art Center: How Prop Making Merges Art and Make-Believe Play

In make-believe play, young children are actively engaged with peers and are in control: it is the children—not an adult—who make decisions during play.

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Authored by: Barbara Wilder-Smith  Deborah J. Leong Elena Bodrova
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Article
Teaching Young Children
January 3, 2023

What Do You See? Including Art Appreciation in Early Childhood

Art is important to the development of young children’s physical and cognitive skills and their aesthetic awareness. Examples of children’s creative expressions often fill early childhood settings. But what about appreciating visual art?

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Authored by: Mary Ellen Bardsley Tracy Galuski
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A group of children dancing.
Article
Teaching Young Children
January 3, 2023

Penguins, Chicks, and Caves: Journal Notes on Moving from STEM to STEAM

In this article, Mimi Brodsky Chenfield shares reflections from her experiences and conversations with children across the early childhood years—each of which builds to a major shift, moving from STEM to STEAM.

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Authored by: Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld
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A group of children sing and move together.
Article
Teaching Young Children
January 3, 2023

8X. Using Music in Your Setting: Tips for the Nonmusician

You don’t need to be a musician to use music comfortably, confidently, and creatively with children. Here are eight ways to make it an integral part of your classroom.

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Authored by: Karen E. Goulandris
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A child holds a sail car created from open-ended materials.
Article
Teaching Young Children
January 3, 2023

I Need to Make It Taller: Engineering to Solve Wind Challenges in Preschool

Here we describe how a set of engineering-focused learning activities in a preschool classroom promoted STEM thinking, talking, and doing.

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Authored by: Alissa A. Lange Emma Atkins Qiuju “Daisy” Tian Kathy Bullen Lynn Lodien
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Teaching Young Children
Vol. 16, No. 2
January 3, 2023

Winter 2023

Playful and Engaging Arts Integration
No matter your own skills in the arts, this issue of Teaching Young Children has ideas for you. You’ll learn about “process art”, ways to integrate art into other content areas, using music in your setting, and more!
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Blog
January 5, 2023

Cardboard Challenge: Introducing New Skills in Authentic Ways

To create a community building event with family involvement, we decided to engage in a Cardboard Challenge focused on trees: How could children build a tree with cardboard-like materials and make it interactive?

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Authored by: Kelly Bird
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Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 16, No. 1
October 1, 2022

Fall 2022

This issue of Teaching Young Children provides information about what is developmentally appropriate assessment, and it offers recommendations for how to assess in practical ways.
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Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2022

Using Observation to Guide Your Teaching

Help your teachers learn to use classroom observations to adjust teaching strategies and design new learning experiences.

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Authored by: Dawn Petitpas Teresa K. Buchanan
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