Young Children - May 2008 - (Page 8) This month Teaching Young Children launches its discussion boards. Visit tyc.naeyc.org to chat with other preschool teachers, describe how you use children’s books, or ask a question of your own. Join in to make the TYC discussion boards a place where preschool teachers share ideas and help each other. READERS WRITE Upon receiving the January 2008 issue of Young Children, I felt that some of the contributors of the “Teaching and Learning about the Natural World” cluster must have visited our school! This is the 38th year that our school has taught young children in our indoor and outdoor classrooms. We wrote our curriculum so children would learn life skills in this country setting along the Hudson River. We see literature come to life when children follow the stages as the Very Hungry Caterpillar they found becomes a butterfly. We see group dynamics and cooperation develop as children do aquatic engineering projects at the beach of the swimming pond, and we see individual water skills and confidence develop for swimming—or ice skating. We photograph the expression as a child holds the slimy fish she just caught from the fishing pond. Visit us now at http://tyc.naeyc.org When working in the composted soil of the garden, are children more excited about the worms they find or the food they grow, pick, and eat? Since our four-season school is on a 200-acre working farm, children know where the bread and corn muffins they make and eat come from; they participated in the planting, harvesting, and grinding of the grains. Time on the playground includes hiking a ways to play on the pile of logs—oops, the pirate ship!—from the timber harvest. Later, children eat a hearty picnic lunch and feed carrots to the ponies they learn to ride. In all our years, there are a myriad of other experiences that children have had here. Our alumni tell us about their memories, and some of them return as student teachers. All this, and more, to gratefully say, “Thank you for this issue.” Come visit again! —Shirley Renauld, Principal Teacher Belle Vue School, Greenwich, New York NAEYC Consulting Editors Panel Linda Aiken / Southwestern Community College, Sylva, NC Kay Albrecht / Innovations in Early Childhood Education, Tomball, TX Mary Elizabeth Ambery / Southeast Missouri State University Chiara Bacigalupa / Sonoma State University, CA Diane W. Bales / University of Georgia, Athens Jenna Bilmes/Early Childhood Consultant, Tempe, AZ Bonnie Blagojevic / The University of Maine Barbara Foulks Boyd / Radford University, VA Melinda Brookshire / WestEd, Camarillo, CA Bertha Campbell / Early Childhood Consultant, Basalt, CO Frances Carlson / Chattahoochee Technical College, GA Dina Castro / University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Lorraine Cooke / Egenolf Early Childhood Center, Elizabeth, NJ Patricia A. Crawford / University of Pittsburgh, PA Sandra E. Huff DeAngelo / Early Care and Family Education Consultant/Trainer, Deer Park, WA Jennifer Dodd / Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County, OH Carolyn Wilkerson Duncan / Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC Frank Fielden / Early Childhood Education Consultant, Colorado Springs Vicki Folds / Children of America, Delray Beach, FL Isela Garcia / Training and Consulting, Avondale, AZ Janet Gonzalez-Mena / Early Childhood Education Consultant, Fairfield, CA Tara Huls / Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee Marla Susman Israel / Loyola University Chicago Tamar Jacobson / Rider University, Philadelphia, PA Kathryn Lilie Jenkins / University of Houston, TX Willette D. Junior / Hartford Head Start Agency, Inc., Detroit, MI Soyong Lee / City College School of Education, City University of New York Jim J. Lesko / Delaware Department of Education Marian Marion/Governors State University, IL Beth McKenna / York Public Schools, York, ME Anthony E. Morgan/Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA Bridget Murray / Henderson Community College, KY Susan Ochshorn / City University of New York Arleen Pratt Prairie / City Colleges of Chicago Kimberly M. Ray / Bernice M. Wright Child Development Laboratory School, Syracuse, NY Pamela E. Ray / St. Phillips College, TX Laurie Lee Richter / Tulane University, LA Katherine Kensinger Rose / Texas Women’s University, Denton Tisha B. Sanders / Vanderbilt University, TN Holly Seplocha / William Paterson University, NJ Amy Shillady / National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center, Fairfax, VA Janis K. Strasser / William Paterson University, NJ Julia Torquati / University of Nebraska, Lincoln Marcy Whitebook / University of California at Berkeley NAEYC Governing Board Anne Mitchell, President / Early Childhood Policy Research, Climax, NY Sue Russell, President-Elect / Child Care Services Association, Chapel Hill, NC Jamilah R. Jor’dan, Vice President / Partnership for Quality Child Care, Chicago Lori Longueville, Secretary / Child Care Resource and Referral, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL Gayle Cunningham, Treasurer / Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity, Community Action Agency, Birmingham, AL Todd Louis Boressoff / Early Childhood Consultancies, Montclair, NJ Harriet A. Egertson / Early Childhood Consultant, Temecula, CA Yolanda Garcia / WestEd, Institute for Advancing Excellence in Early Education, San José, CA Frank London Gettridge / STAR NET Region V, Chicago Public Schools Jane Henderson / Program-Policy Consulting, Berkeley, CA Gera Jacobs / University of South Dakota, Vermillion Naomi Karp / Early Childhood Education Policy Consultant, Tucson, AZ Joan Lessen-Firestone / Oakland Regional Educational Service Agency, Waterford, MI Jason Sachs / Boston Public Schools James A. Scott Jr. / Ohio Department of Education, Head Start State Collaboration, Columbus Michelle Dolores Soltero / WestEd Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers, Partners for Quality, CA Elaine Yamashita / Maui Community College, HI Mark R. Ginsberg, Ex Officio / NAEYC Executive Director, Washington, DC Research in Review Editors Mary Benson McMullen / Indiana University Aisha Ray / Erikson Institute, Chicago Sharon K. Ryan / Rutgers University, NJ 8 Young Children • May 2008 Young Children • May 2008 http://tyc.naeyc.org http://tyc.naeyc.org Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Young Children - May 2008 Young Children - May 2008 Contents From Our President Readers Write Introduction Calendar Time for Young Children: Good Intentions Gone Awry Moving Right Along . . . Planning Transitions to Prevent Challenging Behavior Transformers: Movement Experiences for Early Childhood Classrooms 2, 4, or 6? Grouping Children to Promote Social and Emotional Development Relationship-Based Infant Care: Responsive, On Demand, and Predictable When Will I Be Special? Rethinking Developmentally Appropriate Practice in a Classroom Routine Resources for Teaching and Learning through Routines and Transitions Guidance Matters The Reading Chair Rocking & Rolling: Supporting Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families NAEYC's 17th National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development NAEYC Business Observations and Reflections NAEYC Annual Conference and Expo Rich Environments for Adult Learners Index of Advertisers Sunao (Cooperative) Children: How Japanese Teachers Nurture Autonomy “What Should I Draw? I’ll Draw You!” Facilitating Interaction and Learning Opportunities in Intergenerational Programs Navigating the Road for Aspiring Early Childhood Leaders: Missouri’s Response From Juegos to Perros: Children’s Books in Spanish New Books Young Children - May 2008 http://www.nxtbookMEDIA.com
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