Full Description
This robust collection of articles from Teaching Young Children offers practical guidance and tips for keeping equity at the forefront of the curriculum and classroom practices. A wide range of diverse voices from the early childhood education field provide insight on various aspects of advancing equity, from supporting family diversity to considering children's language and culture when planning learning activities. This accessible, concrete guide on hot-button, timely issues helps classroom teachers determine what exactly being equitable means in their everyday context and interactions with children, their families, and colleagues.
Contents
Section 1: About this Volume
-Volume Intro, Alissa Mwenelupembe and Susan Friedman
- Key Messages from Position Statement, NAEYC
Section 2: Supporting Dual Language Learners
- Supporting Emergent Bilingual Children: A Checklist for Early Childhood Educators, Shelley Pasnik and Naomi Hupert
- Many Languages, One Classroom: Supporting Children in Superdiverse Settings, Carola Olivia-Olson, Linda M. Espinosa, Whit Hayslip, & Elizabeth S. Magruder
- More Strategies for Supporting Children in Superdiverse Settings, Carola Olivia-Olson, Linda M. Espinosa, Whit Hayslip, & Elizabeth S. Magruder
Section 3: Developing a Strengths-Based Approach When Teaching Black Boys
- What Every Teacher Needs to Know about Suspension and Expulsion in Preschool
- Black Boys Matter: Cultivating Their Identity, Agency, and Voice, Brian L. Wright
- Black Boys Matter: Strategies for a Culturally Responsive Classroom, Brian L. Wright
Section 4: Developing Empathy and Understanding, Supporting Behavior
- Developing Empathy to Build Warm, Inclusive Classrooms
- Valuing Diversity: Developing a Deeper Understanding of All Young Children and Their Behavior, Barbara Kaiser & Judy Sklar Rasminsky
Section 5: Engaging with Diverse Families
- Children's Books About Families, NAEYC
- Knock, Knock . . . Who's There? The Benefits of Home Visits in the Early Years, Jennifer K. Lampe
- Conversations with Children! Asking Questions to Support Their Understanding of Family Diversity, Janis Strasser
- Message in a Backpack™ Fun, Easy Ways to Play with Math at Home, Jessica Mercer Young & Kristen E. Reed
- When I Have a Mommy and a Momma: Including Children from Diverse Family Structures in the Classroom, Julia Luckenbill
Section 6: Identity, Fairness, and Activism
- Look, Listen, Learn. "What If I Say the Wrong Thing?" Talking about Identity with Young Children, Nadia Jaboneta, with Deb Curtis
- Ask Hello. Learning about Holidays and Fairness
-An Interview with Megan Madison, Susan Friedman
- Something Related to Gender, Jamie Solomon
- Fairness, Nadia Jaboneta
Section 7: Tuning into Each and Every Child
- Connecting Culture and Play: Practical Strategies for Educators, Kamini Kamdar
- Welcoming Refugee Children into Early Childhood Classrooms, Sadia Warsi
- Including All Children in Making and Tinkering!, Karen Nemeth & Pamela Brillante
- Advancing Equity: Playful Ways to Extend Math Learning at Home, Jessica Mercer Young & Kristen E. Reed
- Message in a Backpack™ Fun, Easy Ways to Play with Math at Home, Jessica Mercer Young, Kristen E. Reed
- Every Child Belongs: Welcoming a Child with a Disability, Pamela Brillante
- Now Read This! Books that Support Diversity, Conversations, and Play
-10 Tips to Support a Culturally Responsive STEAM Curriculum for Preschoolers, Anthony Broughton, Michicko McClary
