during the war years, and where we can lay plans that will mean better living for young children in the years ahead.( 1)
Research is clear that children benefit when they learn with peers who come from different backgrounds( Parlakian 2021; Snyder 2025). Collaboration is key to enhancing such inclusive practices( Connor et al. 2025). As seen in Young Children articles throughout the years, early childhood educators can help to build cultural awareness by partnering with families( similar to what Foot did in 1945) and by implementing other welcoming practices.
For example, the 2016 article“ Collaborating with Refugee Resettlement Organizations: Providing a Head Start to Young Refugees”( Morland & Levine 2016) offered suggestions for how early childhood programs can collaborate with organizations that are working to support immigrants and refugees. Libnoch and Ridley’ s 2020“ Using Picture Books About Refugees: Fostering Diversity and Social Justice in the Elementary School Classroom” highlighted the importance of teaching about diversity and equity— not only for children’ s own identity development, but also to inform how they value diversity and others’ differences.
Bulletin Articles About Refugee Children and Families
Area of Focus Title and Author Bulletin Issue
Children in other countries
“ What Is Happening to the Children of Austria and Their Teachers,” by Thomas E. Benner
May 1948, jstor. org / stable / 42723563
“ What Are Teachers of Young Children Doing and Thinking in Germany Today?”, by Katherine H. Read
Spring and Summer 1952, jstor. org / stable / 42723132
“ Are You Interested in Japanese Children Too?”, by Elizabeth L. Woods
Summer 1955, jstor. org / stable / 42723673
Educating refugee children“ An Experiment in Intercultural Living,” by Lillian N. Gehri
October 1946, jstor. org / stable / 42723118
“ Children’ s International Summer Village Inc.”( no author specified)
Winter 1952, jstor. org / stable / 42723313
Inclusive practices
“ A Brief History of the Inter-Neighborhood Nursery School: Subsidized by the Commission on Educational Organizations of the National Conference of Christians and Jews,” by Gertrude Hart Day
December 1946, jstor. org / stable / 42723109
“ The Kindergarten Program in Hawaii,” by Mary Musgrove
March 1947, jstor. org / stable / 42723191
“ How the John Tracy Clinic Helps Parents,” by Alathena J. Smith
Summer 1954, jstor. org / stable / 42723645
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