January 2008: Teaching and Learning about the Natural World This issue offers research-based ideas and practical strategies to give children many opportunities to explore, appreciate, and value the natural world. For more ideas about children and nature, see the two articles published exclusively online. You’ll also find four articles from the January 2008 issue of Young Children as well as additional resources and columns.
In this issue of Beyond the Journal, readers will see the above graphic on the opening page of most articles in PDF format.
The numbers represent the 10 NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards that define quality for child care, preschool, and kindergarten programs. They indicate which of the standards are addressed through the content of the article. This notation identifies information relevant to early childhood educators who are engaged in program quality improvement and/or seeking NAEYC Accreditation. For an introduction to the NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria online, go to www.naeyc.org/accreditation/performance_criteria/program_standards.html.
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Teaching and Learning about the Natural World
BTJ exclusive!
Books for Young Children about Nature/compiled by Meredith MacMillan
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The Children & Nature Network: Ensuring That All Children Can Spend Quality Time Outdoors/Martha Farrell Erickson
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From the January 2008 issue of Young Children
Learning to Love the Earth . . . and Each Other/Nancy Rosenow
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Childhood in the Garden: A Place to Encounter Natural and Social Diversity / John Nimmo and Beth Hallett (expanded version)
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Infants and Toddlers Meet the Natural World/Jolie D. McHenry and Kathy J. Buerk
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Resources for Teaching and Learning about the Natural World
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January Correction
In the January 2008 issue of Young Children article “Sparking Interest in Nature—Family Style,” by Donna J. Satterlee and Grace D. Cormons, the correct e-mail address for Cormons is: gcormons@es.vccs.edu.
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Voices of Practitioners: Teacher Research in Early Childhood Education.
Read the latest VOICES contribution—“The Value of Teacher Research: Nurturing Professional and Personal Growth through Inquiry.” Teacher educator Andrew J. Stremmel helps teachers look at teaching as a process of continual inquiry and at research designed by practitioners as a way to seek solutions to problems and to improve practice.
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Additional features
From the January 2008 issue of Young Children
Guidance Matters. Comprehensive Guidance /Dan Gartell
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Rocking & Rolling: Supporting Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families. New Year’s Resolutions for Infant/Toddler Teachers /Donna R. Britt and Linda Groves Gillespie
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The Reading Chair /Isabel Baker and Miriam Baker Schiffer
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New Books/Gail Perry
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