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Teaching Young Children (TYC)—NAEYC's award-winning magazine for classroom educators—highlights current thinking on best practices in early childhood education, innovations in the field, research and its implications, and interesting ideas for and from preschool teachers.

 

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Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2024

Debunking Seven Myths About STEM

The author debunks seven common myths about STEM.

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Authored by: 
Cate Heroman
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the fall 2024 issue of teaching young children
Issue
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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Nancy Yee and her students
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Teaching Young Children
July 1, 2024

Feature Teacher: Nancy Yee

Nancy Yee, a K1 teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, shares how NAEYC shapes her teaching and advocacy work.
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Article
Teaching Young Children
July 1, 2024

Message from TYC Editorial Team

This issue of TYC focuses on supporting and nurturing multilingualism in preschoolers.
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Issue
Teaching Young Children
Vol. 17, No. 4
July 1, 2024

Summer 2024

Nurturing Multilingual Learners in Preschool
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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a child observing a spider web
Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2024

Beyond Itsy Bitsy: Spiders in the Early Childhood Classroom

Suggestions for spider-related activities that early childhood educators can integrate into a cross-curricular project or unit of study.

Authored by

Authored by: 
William Straits
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2024

Individualizing Approaches Through Intentional Practice: A Family Educator’s Experience

In this article, we share examples of intentional practices in a family child care setting, and we highlight how these approaches can be adapted by educators in other types of programs to foster an inclusive learning community.

Authored by

Authored by: 
Elena Bacmeister, Dorothy Shapland Rodriguez, Margarita (Mar) Taylor, Renae Cueves Días
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Article
Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2024

Planning for Individuality in Preschool Spaces

This article outlines ways that educators can identify children’s unique strengths and abilities, then offers examples of individualized lesson plans for different times and activities during the day.

Authored by

Authored by: 
Jessica Grimone-Hopkins, Christina Mirtes
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