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Kit and the Copycat, Book 13 of Kit's Little Sparks

Breathe First, Talk Second: The Behavior Script Inside Book 13

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Breathe First, Talk Second: The Behavior Script Inside Book 13

Guidance and challenging behavior is NAEYC's most-read topic. Book 13 hands a toddler the three-step script that early childhood educators keep asking for.

Kit Gives It Away, Book 16 of Kit's Little Sparks, read with a grandparent

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The QR Code Is the Take-Home: Family Engagement Without Another Newsletter

NAEYC and California both name family engagement as a core practice. The series' answer is one question, one activity, and one MP3 per book, behind the QR code in the back.

Kit Looks at the Stars, Book 18 of Kit's Little Sparks, read as a family

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A Book Plus a Grown-Up Beats a Tablet Alone: Screen Time, Co-Viewing, and the Free Read-Aloud Audio

The NAEYC and Fred Rogers Center position statement on technology draws one line that still holds: passive screen use alone is out, interactive use with an adult can help. Here is how to use our fr...

Kit Has Feelings, Book 4 of Kit's Little Sparks, read at home

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Name the Feeling First: What California's Preschool Foundations Ask, and How Bao Does It

California's 2024 preschool foundations put emotional knowledge in the first strand of social-emotional development. Book 4 is built around one question that does exactly that work.

Kit's Show and Tell, Book 17 of Kit's Little Sparks

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Show and Tell Is the Readiness Skill Nobody Tests: Kindergarten Transition and Books 17 and 20

NAEYC devoted its Spring 2026 magazine issue to the preschool-to-kindergarten transition, and California now offers transitional kindergarten to every four-year-old. Book 17 is about the one skill ...