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Published four times a year, each issue of Young Children offers practical, research-based articles on timely topics of interest. The focus of the Fall 2026 issue is Integrating Guided Play and Hands-On Learning: Insights and Application. Articles will focus on how educators can use guided play to build on children’ s interests, meet learning goals, and advance equity.
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53 From Our President Let’ s Stay in Community. Let’ s Re-Imagine. Let’ s Stay on Mission: Reflections Over the Past Two Years as Your NAEYC Board President Tonia R. Durden
58 NAEYC Member Spotlight
61 In Memoriam Remembering Anne Walsh Mitchell
Voices of Practitioners
63“ The Most Comfortable of Uncomfortable Spaces”: Co-Constructing a Toddler Curriculum Through Equitable Practitioner Collaboration Pamela Thompson, Sarah Elahi, Lisa Goddard, Megan Shahnooshi, and Megina Baker
Columns
74 Innovations in Higher Education Mentoring Preservice Teachers: Applying a Developmentally Appropriate Practice Lens David Barry and Daris McInnis
84 Rocking and Rolling What Does Intentionality Look Like in Infant and Toddler Programs? Rebecca Parlakian
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