Chapter 1 Introduction to Autoethnography as a Qualitative Writing and Editing Process 1
Chapter 2 Fifteen Minutes of Classroom Space to Honor the Voice of Childhood 17
Chapter 3 Writing Childhood Experience: Let Your Soul Play 37
Chapter 4 Your Baby Story: An Archival Data Dive 53
Chapter 5 Foundational Skills and Early School Days: Belonging Social Justice, Inclusion, and Equity 69
Chapter 6 First Friends and First Relationships 85
Chapter 7 School Days, Reading, Writing, and Math 103
Chapter 8 Tis' the Season for Family Traditions 121
Chapter 9 Culturally Responsive Writing- Storytelling, Folklore, Oral Histories, Personal Narratives 135
Chapter 10 Childhood Adventures: Discovery, Risk-Taking, Movement 151
Chapter 11 Childhood Fears, Disasters, and Foes 167
Chapter 12 Patterns that Connect Us 183
Chapter 13 Content Analysis: How to Find the Clues 197
Chapter 14 Dr. Bourque, Final Response 203
Glossary 209
References 215