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BEYOND THE JOURNAL ARCHIVE
Since November 2006 Young Children—the Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has run a regular column with contributions from NAECS-SDE members and other partners. Following are links to the “Beyond the Journal” archives of these articles:
- November 2009 Young Children – Of Primary Interest. Read-Alouds with Critical Literacy Literature in K—3 Classrooms/Wendy B. Meller, Danielle Richardson, and J. Amos Hatch View as PDF document
- July 2009 Young Children – Of Primary Interest. Beyond the Fizz: Getting Children Excited about Doing Real Science/Steve Spangler View PDF document
- March 2009 Young Children – Of Primary Interest. Teaching Math in the Primary Grades: The Learning Trajectories Approach/Julie Sarama and Douglas H. Clements View PDF document
- November 2008 Young Children – Of Primary Interest. Social-Emotional Learning in the Primary Curriculum/Mary Mindess, Min-hua Chen, and Ronda Brenner View as PDF document | text only
- July 2008 Young Children – Of Primary Interest. Using Brain-Based Teaching Strategies to Create Environments That Address Learning Standards/ Pam Schiller and Clarissa A. Willis
View as PDF | text only - March 2008 Young Children – Of Primary Interest. Developing Self-Regulation in Kindergarten: Can We Keep All the Crickets in the Basket?/Elena Bodrova and Deborah J. Leong View as PDF | text only
- November 2007 Young Children — Of Primary Interest. Fostering Positive Transitions for School Success /Jayma Ferguson McGann and Patricia Clark View as PDF | text only
- July 2007 Young Children — Of Primary Interest. Centering Your Classroom: Setting the Stage for Engaged Learners /Gayle M. Stuber
View as PDF | text only - March 2007 Young Children — Of Primary Interest. Ready or Not, Here We Come: What It Means to Be a Ready School /Paula M. Dowker, with Lawrence J. Schweinhart and Marijata C. Daniel-Echols
View as PDF | text only - November 2006 Young Children — Of Primary Interest. In Praise of Butterflies: Linking Self-Esteem and Learning/by Harriet A. Egertson
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OF PRIMARY INTEREST ARCHIVE
Prior to NAECS-SDE's contributions to "Beyond the Journal," the Of Primary Interest newsletter was published by Association with the support of departments of education in the following states: Iowa, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont. The newsletter has discontinued publication. However, these past issues of the newsletter are maintained on this Web site for archival purposes.
Volume 9
- Preschool to Kindergarten: A New Model for the Transition Process
- Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades
-
The Importance of Reading and Writing in Grades K-3
Number 1 & 2, Winter & Spring 2002
- Recess and the Importance of Play
Volume 8
- Maternal Education and Progress in Kindergarten
- Developmentaly Appropriate Practices in Primary Education
- Beating the Odds in Teaching All Children to Read
- Fostering Thoughtful Literacy in Elementary Classrooms
- Early Literacy: What Should Young Children Know and Be Able to Do?
- Early Childhood Programs: Integral to School Reform
Volume 7
Number 3 & 4, Summer & Fall 2000
- STILL Unacceptable Trends in Kindergarten Entry and Placement
- Quality Child Care Affects Children's Success in Primary Grades
- A Note on Social Promotion
- Improving Children's Readiness for School: How is Your State Doing?
- Looping: Adding Time, Strengthening Relationships
- Quality Preschool Child Care Impacts Second Grade Outcomes
- Second-Grade Literacy Accomplishments
Volume 6
- Effective First-Grade Teaching Methods
- First-Grade Teachers Who Build Strong Readers and Writers
- Assessing for Readiness?
- First-Grade Literacy Accomplishments
- Myths About Literacy Development
- He Has A Summer Birthday: The Kindergarten Entrance Age Dilema
- Grade Retention: A History of Failure
- Third Grade Literacy Accomplishments
- Update. Retention in the Early Grades
- NAEYC Professional Development
- Colorado State Board of Education
- Retention in the Early Grades: A Review of Research
- Retention in the Early Grades: Alternative Strategies
Volume 5
- A Developmental Approach to Assessment of Young Children
- The Grading Ritual: Unreliable and Unsuitable--But Unalterable?
- An EVEN START Means Success in School
- "Between a Rock and a Hard Place in the Primary Grades"
- Ready or Not...Preparing Young Children for the {Kindergarten} Classroom
- Ready Schools
- Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practices
- Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
- 100 Most Frequent Words in Books for Beginning Readers
- Helping Children Learn About Reading
- Examing the Transition into Kindergarten
- Continuum of Children's Development...
- Primary Level Literacy Education: Three Planning Models
- Literacy Instruction in the Primary Grades
Volume 4
- Starting Points for Implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practices in the Primary Grades
- The Influence of Child Care Quality on Kindergarten Success
- Position Statement on Interdisciplinary Learning, Pre-K - Grade 4
- Top 10 Signs of a Good Kindergarten Classroom
- The Effects of Positive Transitions on Early Literacy
- Transitions Affect Everyone
- Does Class Size Make A Difference?
- Worksheets in Kindergarten
- Language-Rich Home and School Environments are Key to Reading Success
- The Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development
- Physics for First-Graders
- Helping Children Develop Oral-Language Skills
Volume 3
- Manipulatives Are Not Enough: Necessary Conditions for Math/Science Concept Development
- Total Quality Education
- Implications of Understanding the Brain
- Whole Language, Literacy Development, and Kindergarten
- Adult Interactions
- New Jersey Transition Project
- Assessment Through Protfolios in the Primary Grades
- Wanted: Advocates for Play in the Primary Grades
- Inviting Help from Parents
- Class-Size Effects in the Primary Grades: Research in Tennessee
- Full-Day Kindergarten Proposed in Massachusetts
- Multiyear Programs
- Scaffolding in the Zone of Proximal Development
Volume 2
-
Standards of Quality for Primary Programs
- Developmentally Appropriate Art Instruction
- Readying Schools for Students
- Constructing Curriculum
- Transition to School
- Perspectives on Quality
-
First Impressions / Primeras Impresiones
- Texas' Strategies
- The Colorado Quality Standards
- Transition Activities Planning
-
Transitions: A Historical Perspective
- Responding to Misinformation About Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- Transitions: Current Recommendations
- Readying Schools for Young Children
-
Zygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development
- It's Elementary!
Volume 1
- Recent Research Supports Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Primary Grades
- Kentucky's Primary School Program
- New Curriculum for the Primary Grades
- Resources for Primary-grade Classroom Teachers
- Authentic Assessment: The Case for Portfolios
- Research in the Primary Grades Compares Practices with Beliefs
- The Alaska Elementary Restructuring Network
- Oregon's Non-Graded Primary
- Linkages Between Head Start and the Primary Grades Advocated
- Characteristics of Appropriate Primary Classrooms
- Paradigm Shift Needed in Primary Classrooms
- Constructivism in the Classroom
- Shouldn't Preschool People Advocate for Better Elementary Schools, Too?
- Ready or Not? What Kindergarten Teachers Believe
- National Education Goals: Planning for Readiness
- Developmentally Appropriate and Intellectually Ambitious Primary Classrooms
- Primary Grades Interest Group Mission Statement