#250 November/December 2019

DEAR READER

DESIGN WITH YOUR HEART
Heart-Centered Environmental Design: A Fresh Perspective
by Sandra Duncan and Gary Bilezikian

SUPPORTING LITERACY
Writing Around the Room: Building Better Writers
by Rebecca McMahon Giles

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Creating Upward Spirals of Learning: Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy to Early Childhood Teacher Training
by Kori Bardige

LEARNING THROUGH SONG
Music Learning Supports All Learning
by Anne Sailer and Lauren Guilmartin

INTERGENERATIONAL CHILD CARE
Elders in Early Childhood Programs
by John Surr

CULTIVATING ACCEPTANCE
Our Ethical Responsibility to All Children: A Conversation with Brian Silveira
by Margie Carter

ENCOURAGING POSITIVE BEHAVIORS
10 Ways to Increase Positive Behavior in Early Care and Education Centers
by Angela Percival-Porter

JOURNEYS IN LEADERSHIP
Finding the Open Door
by Nancy Rosenow

FOCUS ON: PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Transformational Coaching: Move Beyond Goals and Action Plans to Foster Continuous Quality Improvement
  by Constant Hine and Robin Levy
• Educator-to-Educator Professional Development
  by Mary Muhs
• Strategies for Family Engagement
  by Carol LaLiberte
• Handling Difficult Moments with Demanding Families
  by William Mosier and Ross Glen Chandler Nunamaker

IT TAKES A VILLAGE
The Key to Successful Inclusion in Child Care: Collaboration with Special Education and Related Services Staff
by Amanda Schwartz

READING MATTERS
by Jean Dugan

CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO
Guerilla Teaching Tactics
by Francis Wardle

COVER STORY
Beginnings: The Story of Exchange Magazine
by Nancy Rosenow

WONDER
by Tina Reeble

DEAR ELI

CONTINUING EDUCATION
Ten Topics ECE Teachers Can and Should Study Today by Leslie Coleman

WORLD FORUM IN ACTION

ETHICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Navigating the “Gray Areas” of Ethics
by Tracy Galuski

A MANNER OF SPEAKING
by Bonnie Neugebauer

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