#248 July/August 2019

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

• Making your Staff your Marketing Partners
  by Julie Wassom
• Running Effective and Engaging Staff Meetings
  by Dawn Barhyte
• Harnessing the Power of Professional Development to Maximize Engagement
  by Angie Doucette
• Combating Director Burnout: One Director's Story
  by Heidi LaBounty
• The Rainbow Play Approach
  by Priyanka Handa Ram

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