This robust collection of articles from Teaching Young Children offers practical guidance and tips for keeping equity at the forefront of the curriculum and classroom practices. A wide range of diverse voices from the early childhood education field provide insight on various aspects of advancing equity, from supporting family diversity to considering children's language and culture when planning learning activities. This accessible, concrete guide on hot-button, timely issues helps classroom teachers determine what exactly being equitable means in their everyday context and interactions with children, their families, and colleagues.

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Introduction -- Part 1: Nurturing Your Own Empathy and Understanding Behavior -- Chapter 1: Examining Teacher Bias -- Chapter 2: Developing Empathy to Build Warm, Inclusive Classrooms -- Chapter 3: Valuing Diversity: Developing a Deeper Understanding of All Young Children's Behavior -- Part 2: Creating an Equitable Classroom -- Chapter 4: Connecting Culture and Play: Practical Strategies for Educators -- Chapter 5: The Balancing Act of Guided Play -- Chapter 6: Welcoming Refugee Children into Early Childhood Classrooms -- Chapter 7: Creating a Culturally Responsive STEAM Curriculum -- Chapter 8: Including All Children in Making and Tinkering! -- Chapter 9: Growing Little Storytellers -- Chapter 10: Books that Support Diversity, Conversations, and Play -- Part 3: Developing a Strengths-Based Approach When Teaching Black Boys -- Chapter 11: Six Things You Can Do to Prevent Preschool Expulsion -- Chapter 12: Black Boys Matter: Cultivating Their Identity, Agency, and Voice -- Chapter 13: Black Boys Matter: Strategies for a Culturally Responsive Classroom -- Part 4: Supporting Emergent Bilingual Children -- Chapter 14: Supporting Emergent Bilingual Children: A Checklist for Early Childhood Educators -- Chapter 15: Many Languages, One Classroom: Supporting Children in Super-diverse Settings -- Chapter 16: More Strategies for Supporting Children in Super-diverse Settings -- Part 5: Engaging Diverse Families -- Chapter 17: Knock, Knock ... Who's There? The Benefits of Home Visits in the Early Years -- Chapter 18: Conversations with Children! Asking Questions to Support Their Understanding of Family Diversity -- Chapter 19: When I Have a Mommy and a Mama: Including Children with All Types of Family Structures in the Classroom -- Chapter 20: Advancing Equity: Playful Ways to Extend Math Learning at Home -- Fun, Easy Ways to Play with Math at Home: A Resource for Families -- Part 6: Exploring Identity, Fairness, and Activism -- Chapter 21: "What If I Say the Wrong Thing?" Talking About Identity with Young Children -- Chapter 22: Pink Power and Bathroom Signs: Exploring Gender and Fairness -- Chapter 23: "What About People Like Me?" Teaching Preschoolers About Segregation and "Peace Heroes" -- Chapter 24: From Teacher to Equity Activist -- References -- About the Editors.