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Published four times a year, each issue of Young Children offers practical, research-based articles on timely topics of interest. The Spring 2026 issue celebrates NAEYC’ s centennial! From the Pages of YC: Reflections on NAEYC’ s 100th Anniversary will celebrate key NAEYC figures and initiatives and examine how practices surrounding music, storytelling, and collaboration have evolved over the years.
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NAEYC News
68 From Our President We Can Move Mountains! Teaching Young Children About Nature, Climate, and Our Environment Tonia R. Durden
72 Member Spotlight
Voices of Practitioners
74 Exploring Climate Literacy in the Kindergarten Classroom( with introduction by Barbara Henderson and Megina Baker) Hongliang Hu
Feature Article
84 Strategies to Foster Healthy Ethnic-Racial Identity in Infants and Toddlers Anissa L. Eddie, Claire D. Vallotton, Sarah N. Douglas, and Holly E. Brophy-Herb
Columns
96 The Reading Chair Isabel Baker and Miriam Baker Schiffer
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