DEAR READER
ECE DENIZENS, UNITE!
Leadership Choices Await Early Care and Education Practitioners
by Stacie G. Goffin and Valora Washington
IS SHARING CARING?
Rethinking Sharing
by Cassandra Tondreau
RESILIENCE
Fostering Grit
by Thomas R. Hoerr
EXCHANGE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
Celebrating our Newest Exchange Leaders
by Pam Boulton
JOURNEYS IN LEADERSHIP
The Gift of Letting Go
by Nancy Rosenow
REPORTING CONCERNS
When a Child Discloses Abuse
by Lori S. Kornblum and Daniel Pollack
IMAGINATIVE PLAY
Thinking Inside, Outside and All About the Box
by Lois M. Ingellis
CHANGE AND CURIOSITY
Boxes, Baskets and Elevations: How Toddlers Develop
their Curiosity Through Open-ended Play
by Candace Kastrup
TEACHING WITH MUSIC
Music Is for Everyone
by Anne Sailer and Lili M. Levinowitz
INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS
The Five Most Important Concepts in Special Education
IDEA Basics for the Child Care Center
by Amanda Schwartz
LITERACY AND ART
Writing Around the Room: Authors in the Art Center
by Rebecca McMahon Giles
PROFESSIONALIZING OUR FIELD
Leadership Gap Unchanged: How Do we Move the Needle?
by Micahel Abel
FOCUS ON DIRECTOR’S SURVIVAL GUIDE
CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Aotearoa New Zealand Inspires us to Reinvent Ourselves
by Margie Carter, Eliana Elias and Ijumaa Jordan
ADDRESSING GRIEF
Moving Through Grief: Meeting Children
“Where they Are” When Something Tragic Happens
by Lissanna Follari
WORLD FORUM IN ACTION
2019 World Forum on Early Care and Education
MIND BENDERS
ASL IN THE CLASSROOM
American Sign Language: Why it Is Beneficial and
How to Incorporate it into Preschool Classrooms
by Gloria D. Julius
NACC NEWSLETTER
Wonder " Nature Action Collaborative For Children
by Julie Bookwalter, Veronika Vicqueneau, and Laura Lampley
POWER OF ENVIRONMENT
Play Spaces as an Antidote to our Chaotic World
by Jeffrey Lindstrom
NEVER TOO EARLY TO READ
Reading to Babies: One Grandparent’s Journey
by Linda C. Whitehead
CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Mobilizing your Program to Combat Childhood Obesity
by Roseann Rinear
GLUE STICK
by Scott Bilstad
ADVERTISER INDEX / MARKETPLACE
A MANNER OF SPEAKING
by Bonnie Neugebauer