The Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children Volume 80 ▪ No 4 Winter 2025
Educating Young Children in a Changing Climate: Impacts on Programs and Practices
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6 Building Child Care Resiliency in the Face of a Changing Climate Lauren Hogan, Meghan Salas Atwell, Afua Ameley-Quaye, Angie Garling, and Georgia Gillan
12 How One School Nurtures Environmental Stewardship Lisa M. Beck
18 Connection, Curiosity, and Care: An E-STEM Approach to Climate Change Education in Early Childhood Victoria Carr, Julie Athman Ernst, and Sheila Williams Ridge
30 Nature-Based Early Childhood Education: Examining Issues of Equity Monica Wiedel-Lubinski
34“ But What About the Butterflies?” Empowering Children to Address Climate Change... One Caterpillar at a Time Rina Zampieron and Jennifer Feller
39 Integrating Climate Change Conversations into Kindergarten and the Primary Grades Erin Hamel, Jingjing Xu, Liwei Zhao, Andree Champagne, Hong Tran, and Emily Adah Miller
51 What We Talk About Grows: The Critter Count Ben Mardell
57 Supports for Farm to Early Care and Education: Planting the Seed for Healthy Environments Meagan K. Shedd and Cynthia Greene
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YC Staff
Annie Moses Editor in Chief Susan Donsky Senior Editor Charity Coleman Senior Creative Design Manager Ashley McGowan Creative Design Specialist Emily Wehby Associate Editor Codi Trump Senior Business Development Specialist Michelle Kang Chief Executive Officer Naomi Dillon Chief Communications Officer Alissa Mwenelupembe Chief Early Learning Quality and Research Officer Susan Friedman Senior Director, Publishing and Content Development Treva Bustow Senior Director, Membership Nicole Santa Director, Marketing
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