Young Children Volume 81 • No 1

100 YEARS OF IMPACT

NAEYC’ s Centennial Year

100 YEARS OF IMPACT

Spring 2026

The Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children

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NAEYC's Centennial Year Our Proud Heritage: Building Professionalism, Quality, and Equity Held with and on Behalf of the Field Barbara Taylor Bowman Family/Community Contexts and the Problem of Half-Truths in Early Childhood Education From Humble Beginnings to Extraordinary Impacts 100 Years of Music in NAEYC Engaging Children in Telling and Acting Out Stories to Impact Learning Looking to the Past to Inform the Future From Our President. NAEYC Is Us De Nuestra Presidenta. NAEYC somos nosotros Member Spotlight Voices of Practitioners. A Meeting Place for Teacher Research, Inquiry, and Growth Young Children's Research in Review Column

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