Features

• Investing in Early Childhood
• Leadership at All Levels
• Children's Relationships
• Environments
• The $17 Investment
• Water
• Fair Labor Standards
• Power of Nature
• Quality Rating Systems
• Rough and Tumble Play
• Toilets
• Higher Education

Beginnings Workshop:

• Young Children and Writing

Feature Articles

INVESTING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: The dawn of a new era by Joan Lombardi

REALLY SEEING CHILDREN: Seeing children’s eagerness for relationships by Deb Curtis

LEADERSHIP: Spreading the wealth: leadership at all levels by Debra R. Sullivan

CORE CURRICULUM ELEMENTS: What are the core elements of your curriculum?

COVER STORY: Boulder Journey School, Boulder, Colorado by Ellen Hall, Alison Maher, and Andrea Sisarro, directors

HIGHER EDUCATION: Higher education — a closer look by Gwen Morgan

WAGE STANDARDS: Applying the exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act to child care workers by Jason Dalton, Esq.

NURTURING VULNERABLE CHILDREN: Kinder-gardeners: the power of nature to nurture by Linda Hutchinson-Harmon

TRENDS: Quality rating and improvement systems by Roger Neugebauer

ROUGH AND TUMBLE PLAY: Rough and tumble play 101 by Frances Carlson

POLICY MATTERS: State budgets and federal stimulus — a first look by Eric Karolak

OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS: Water, water everywhere by Rusty Keeler

STAFF DEVELOPMENT: When staff don’t do what they’re supposed to do by Mary Gersten

Beginnings Workshop

Young Children and Writing

Can babies read and write? by Deb Curtis

Early literacy: do parents matter? by Michael Gramling

If you want children to become writers, ask them to write their names by Evelyn Lieberman

Writing as a form of communication: Boulder Journey School’s in-school mail system by Allison Moore and Jessy Taylor

Making digital books with children? you really must try it! by Jean Anne Clyde and Mark W. F. Condon

 

Regular Features

DEAR READER: The New Economy and Early Childhood Education

MANAGEMENT MAXIMS: The $17 investment by Dennis Vicars

MINDBENDERS

STAFF TRAINING: Creating environments for relationships by Margie Carter

GOING GREEN: What about water? by Adam Neugebauer

FROM A PARENT’S PERSPECTIVE: ‘Cute’ is for kittens: The gentle art of encouragement by Roslyn Duffy

PRODUCT REVIEW: Favorite things — products we like!

CHILD NUTRITION: Great grains granola! by Buffy Owens

DOCIA SHARES A STORY: Meaningful listening at all ages by Docia Zavitkovsky

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A MANNER OF SPEAKING by Bonnie Neugebauer