Teachers usually enter the early childhood education profession aglow with purpose, drive, and imagination. Sometimes along the way, the inner flames flicker, or even disappear. In Celebrating Young Children and Their Teachers, Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld urges early childhood teachers to keep their lights alive by reflecting on the magic of the students and the importance of the calling. Drawing on her 50 years in the early childhood field, Chenfeld pours forth uplifting reminiscences. She celebrates play, imagination, and the creativity of children and teachers alike. Contents include: (1) Foreword (Polly Greenberg); (2) Introduction: My Next Fifty Years; (3) Snowball; (4) My Puppet is on Ritalin; (5) "Do Spiderwebs Ever Wake You Up?: Why I Hang Out with the Kids; (6) I'm Worried about Our Children; (7) Words of Encouragement: Honey on the Page; (8) A Letter to Families and Friends of the Children in Room 13; (9) The Whole Truth about Hole Language: Can You Dig It?; (10) Schools Children Run To; (11) "My Loose is Tooth!" Kidding Around with the Kids; (12) Get the Elephant Out of the Room: We're Finished with the "E"s; (13) Education Is a Moving Experience: Get Moving!; (14) Can a Fish Snap Its Fingers?; (15) "Wanna Play?"; (16) We Drew a Circle That Took Him In; (17) Let's Keep the "L" Word; (18) Oh, No! Not the "L" Word Again; (19) Uh-Uh! None of This "I'm Not Creative" Stuff!; (20) Telling Time; (21) Why I'm Still Hanging Out with the Kids and (22) Acknowledgments.