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the fall 2024 issue of teaching young children
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Teaching Young Children
Vol. 18, No. 1
October 1, 2024

Fall 2024

Tinkering, Making, and Engineering in Preschool and Kindergarten
Teaching Young Children is NAEYC's magazine for anyone who works with preschoolers. Colorful, informative, and easy-to-read, TYC is packed full of teaching ideas, strategies, and tips.
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Young Children
September 2, 2024

STEM for All: Promoting Inclusive STEM in Early Childhood

Teachers can weave STEM learning into play through the environment, materials, and intentional instruction.

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Douglas H. Clements, Elica B. Sharifnia, Chih-Ing Lim, Julie Sarama, Megan Vinh, Natalie Schock
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Higher-Order Thinking Bundle (On Demand)

Make your teaching more intentional and engaging with this collection of higher-order thinking modules that brings together three of NAEYC’s popular modules into one convenient package.
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Teaching Young Children
January 4, 2021

Message in a Backpack ™ پیام در کوله پشتی ™ Choosing the Best STEM Activities for Your Child انتخاب بهترین فعالیت های علم ، فناوری ، مهندسی و ریاضی برای کودک خود

يحب الأطفال الصغار استكشاف العالم من حولهم - وتعد أنشطة العلوم والتكنولوجيا والهندسة والرياضيات طريقة رائعة لمساعدتهم على القيام بذلك.

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Authored by: 
Rosemary Geiken
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Article
Teaching Young Children
January 4, 2021

Engineering in Preschool: Building the Basis for Lifelong Problem Solving

This article discusses why engineering is important in the early years, what are core elements of engineering, and how you can foster engineering in your setting.

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Authored by: 
Katherine Laguzza, Katherine Katzer, Mary Eileen McDonnell, Christine Cunningham
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Article
Teaching Young Children
January 4, 2021

Message in a Backpack ™ Choosing the Best STEM Activities for Your Child

Young children love to explore the world around them—and STEM activities are a great way to help them do it. With so many STEM ideas to choose from, how do you find what is best for your child?

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Rosemary Geiken, Sandy Chilton
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Teaching Young Children
January 4, 2021

Beyond Pinning: Choosing Developmentally Appropriate STEM Activities for Preschoolers

When you go online to search for a science activity, how can you know which activities will really help children build knowledge about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and support their scientific thinking?

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Anne Lowry, Anna Pidlypchak
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April 22, 2019

Making and Tinkering at Home

Read about how this author helped her 4-year-old daughter create a tinkering space at home.

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Julia Luckenbill
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Article
Young Children
September 1, 2018

Growing in STEM. The Design Process: Engineering Practices in Preschool

In this article, we explain why engineering practices are an important part of early STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning and share examples of exploring engineering practices.

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Jolyn Blank, Stefanie Lynch
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HOT: Tinkering Online Module (On Demand)

This interactive online module provides preschool teachers with strategies to promote children's Higher Order Thinking skills and increase understanding of STEM concepts in the classroom.
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Article
Young Children
November 1, 2017

More Than a Foundation: Young Children Are Capable STEM Learners أكثر من مجرد أساس: الأطفال الصغار دارسون متفوقون للعلوم والتكنولوجيا والهندسة والرياضيات

يعتقد الكثير من الناس أن التعلم "الحقيقي" للعلوم والتكنولوجيا والهندسة والرياضيات لا يحدث حتى يكبر الأطفال

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Elisabeth McClure
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Article
Young Children
November 1, 2017

Más que una base: Los niños pequeños son alumnos con capacidades STEM

The research is clear: when we say children are “born scientists,” we’re not just being cute; they really are active scientists, right now, systematically and intentionally exploring their environments, even from the day they are born.

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Elisabeth McClure
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