#265 May/June 2022

DEAR READER

THE BEGINNER’S SPIRIT
Seeing Children’s Play Through a Kaleidoscope
A Conversation with Margie Carter and Misa Okayama

CHOOSE GROWTH
Leadership Is a Way of Being
by Pam Boulton

HAIR AND HAIR CARE
Loving Locks: Honoring Children’s Personal Identities
by Francis Wardle

OUTDOOR LEARNING
Outdoor Classrooms: Children’s Perspectives
by Ranae Amezquita and Dean Tagawa

REBUILDING
Rebuilding the Child Care System Through Comprehensive Policy Change
by Lynette Fraga and Christine Koch

COVER STORY
Spaces of Opportunity: Redefining Learning, Growth, Belonging, and Abundance in South Phoenix
by Virginia Ángeles-Wann, Audrey Mitten-Thomsen, Richard Ramos, and John Wann-Ángeles

FOCUS ON: BEHAVIOR

• Managing Our Mindset: Tools for Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors
  by Taunya Banta
• Attuning to Emotional Needs as a Way to Address Challenging Behaviors
  by Elita Amini Virmani, Holly Hatton-Bowers, and Ayumi Nagase
• Being on the Same Team as the Child: Co-regulation in the Classroom
  by Mike Huber
• Protecting Black Children: Applying an Anti-racist Lens to Positive Behavior Support
  by Carolyn Brennan
• Building Resiliency: Approaching Behavior with Trauma Sensitivity
  by Jamie Bonczyk and Tiffany Grant
• The ABCs of Biting: Using Behavior Analysis to Approach Challenging Behaviors
  by Tammy Kaiser
• Teacher, Teacher, What Do You See?: Understanding Classroom Behaviors with Dual Language Learners
  by Carola Oliva-Olson and Anne Arambula-Gonzaleza
• Quit Tattling on Children
  by Heather Bernt-Santy
• Getting to the Root: Understanding and Addressing the Link Between Sensory Processing Disorder and Behavior
  by Jamie Chaves

HATCHING PLANS
The Nest Weighs as Much as a Fridge!: Supporting Pre-service Teachers in STEM
by Alissa A. Lange, Susan Taylor St. Lawrence, Laura Robertson, Amy Previtera, and Jasmine Armstead

CLEAR EXPECTATIONS
Overcoming the Fear of Firing
by Robert Gundling

MIND BENDERS

BRIDGING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
We Deserve Each Other: Upholding the Science and Well-being of Early Childhood Programming Through Partnerships
by Julia Koumbassa and Andrew Hashikawa

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Calming the Storm: Co-regulation Is the Pathway to Self-Regulation
by Donna Housman

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READING MATTERS
Loving Them All the Time: Celebrating Books About Challenging Behaviors
by Jean Dugan