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		<title>Powerful Play Foundations!</title>
		<link>https://notjustcute.com/2024/12/09/15539/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I first created Powerful Play Foundations, my goal was simple: provide accessible, on-demand professional development that sparks ongoing conversations throughout the year and helps deepen understanding. I aimed to offer high-quality training for teams on a budget and support them in mastering the power of play in early childhood. After working with my beta [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Women in the Science of Child Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[March is Women’s History Month.  It also happens to be the month I received the book, Equity for Women in Science, coauthored by one of my personal favorite women in science, my cousin, Dr. Cassidy Sugimoto. Inspired by some of the vignettes in the book, I thought I’d close out the month by sharing some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why We Play: Podcast Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every Tuesday and Thursday in February, I&#8217;m sharing a new podcast episode on the topic of Why We Play. It&#8217;s quite possible I&#8217;ve chosen one of the busiest months on our family calendar to launch this podcast series (as my husband recently reminded me 😂), but I just couldn&#8217;t wait any longer! Similar to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why are Preschool Programs Becoming Less Effective?</title>
		<link>https://notjustcute.com/2024/01/23/why-are-preschool-programs-becoming-less-effective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When a working paper with the title, &#8220;Why are Preschool Programs Becoming Less Effective?&#8221; found its way into my inbox last month, you better believe I printed out a hard copy and sat down with my highlighter in hand, entranced like it was the latest best-selling novel. I had to pause to take my son [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Legacy of Fred Rogers in the Professional Development of Early Childhood Educators</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 23:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The following is a written version of the presentation made at&#160;The Work of Fred Rogers: A Conference on His Context and His Legacy,&#160;held June 16-17, 2023 at The Fred Rogers Institute. By way of quick introduction, my name is Amanda Morgan, and I write, speak, podcast, and provide professional development for early childhood educators from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Building Literacy: What the Science of Reading Gets Right&#8230;and What it May Leave Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 06:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m passionate about intentional, whole child development. And I love to nerd out. Tell me you have some science about how children learn and grow and I am all in for a deep dive. So, when I dove into the Science of Reading, I thought there were a few things that could be clarified, especially [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>YOU are Mr. Rogers&#8217; Legacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fred Rogers grew up in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The majority of the magic he created and sprinkled into our collective childhood was filmed not too far away in Pittsburgh. I often think of the millions of children Fred served &#8211; and truly, authentically loved &#8211; through television screens. Where are they now? What have they become? [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>That NPR Article We&#8217;re All Talking About: Why Does Tennessee&#8217;s PreK Program Have Everyone Rethinking Preschool?</title>
		<link>https://notjustcute.com/2022/03/18/that-npr-article-were-all-talking-about-why-does-tennessees-prek-program-have-everyone-rethinking-preschool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had just given a presentation in Florida. Part of my task was to help community members and stakeholders see not only the need for investing in early education, but specifically for investments in high-quality early education. It seemed logical to draw from the research out of Tennessee showing that without key quality components, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>ALL Children Deserve Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 16:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been busy behind the pages of this blog. Between conferences and workshops and the planning meetings that accompany those trainings, a common topic emerged, something I&#8217;ve been mulling over a bit. It is this: Is play as a valuable part of early childhood classrooms more likely to be challenged when applied to low-income populations [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New on Not Just Cute, the Podcast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Did you know Not Just Cute also has a podcast? In case you&#8217;re looking for something encouraging to listen to over the holiday break, here are summaries of the most recent episodes: Episode 36: Resilience, with Dr. Nefertiti Poyner Dr. Nefertiti Poyner of the Devereaux Center for Resilient Children is an absolute delight.  She deftly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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