DEAR READER

SMALL IS GOOD
A Letter to Educators: Surviving the Child Care Crisis
by Kisa Marx

FOCUS ON: CLIMATE CHANGE & HOPEFUL FUTURES

• Let’s “Talk Turkey”: Engaging Children in the Complex Relationship Between Humans and the Rest of Nature
  by Ben Mardell
• “It’s Nature?!” Beginning Explorations of Child-Nature Relations in the Ecological Crisis
  by Lisa Goddard
• Walking Daily with Wonder: Engaging Teachers and Children in the Art and Science of Phenology
  by Abraham Underhill and Claire Underwood
• Bridging Research and Practice: Young Children’s Agency and Resilience in a Climate Change World
  by Kumara Ward, Meg Gravil, Mary Sciaraffa, and Mery António
• Conservation Education Resources
  from the USDA Forest Service
• Nature Helps Us: Let’s Help Nature!
  by Becky DelVecchio, Susan Ferguson, and David Ferguson
• Stories that Count: Building Climate and Environmental Justice Awareness Through Culturally-Centered Math and Story Trails
  by Ashley Brailsford
• “It Hurts the Earth if There’s Trash Inside the Planet”: Encouraging Preschoolers’ Wonder and Affection for Nature
  by Vanessa Cid

TOP 50
Thirty-Eighth Annual Status Report on For-Profit Child Care
by Kathy Ligon

ADVOCACY
Hoping for a Brighter Future: Making the Case for a Publicly Funded Early Childhood Education System in the United States
by Liran Laor

STAY CURIOUS
Unlocking Young Minds: Using Prompts, Open-Ended Questions, and Discussions to Foster Engagement and Curiosity
by Kehinde Helen Orimaye and Jill Steffens

BEHAVIOR THAT CHALLENGES US
Behavior and Your Bottom Line: The Correlation Between Children’s Behavior and Your Budget
by Ellen L. Olson

CHANGING OUR WORDS
Daycare is a 7 Letter Word
by Jennifer Biles

SOLUTIONARY THINKING
A Journey Into Beloved Community as an Early Childhood Leader
by Michele Hemenway-Pullen

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THE DAILY DIRT
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