Creative and Thoughtful Strategies for Implementing Learning Standards

From the July 2008 issue of Young Children

Got Standards? Don’t Give Up on Engaged Learning! / Judy Harris Helm
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From September 20 to 30, 2008, author Helm invites you to join her in an online discussion about the challenges of incorporating standards into engaging learning experiences. Ask questions and share solutions. Click here for information and link to the discussion.

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BTJ special collection

Tom Hunter Collected Articles. Tom Hunter, a Young Children author and frequent presenter at the NAEYC Annual Conference, passed away June 2008, after a serious illness. For more than 25 years, he offered numerous workshops, teacher in-service sessions, and parent-child sing-alongs for NAEYC Affiliates across the country. Readers can appreciate Tom’s unique perspective through this collection of six of his Young Children articles.
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Voices of Practitioners: Teacher Research in Early Childhood Education.   Read the latest VOICES contribution— “Do You Want to See Something Goofy?” Peer Culture in the Preschool Yard, by Aaron Neimark. The strategies a child uses to gain access to a group of children playing together can affect the dynamics of the play and determine whether the child is accepted or rejected by the group. Neimark examines the role of peer culture among preschoolers during outdoor play. View as PDF document || text only Photo courtesy of Buen Dia Family School

Additional features

From the July 2008 issue of Young Children

Learning by Leaps and Bounds. Why Motor Skills Matter/Rae Pica
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Of Primary Interest. Using Brain-Based Teaching Strategies to Create Environments That Address Learning Standards/ Pam Schiller and Clarissa A. Willis
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The Reading Chair/Isabel Baker and Miriam Baker Schiffer
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