For Your Binder
On Fairy Stories
Here is the full text of the essay Tolkein presented (in an abbreviated form) in 1938 at St. Andrews, Scotland. A couple of my favorite quotes: "If fairy story as a kind is worth reading at all it is worthy to be written for and ready by adults." And, "It may be better for them (children) to read some things, especially fairy stories, that are beyond their measure rather than short of it. Their books like their clothes should allow for growth, and their books at any rate should encourage it." #books #stories #fairytales #reading
What if Today Was Their Only Day?
If tomorrow was someone's first last and only day in your program.... what would they remember and how were you a part of that???? #handouts #teaching
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
Let the Playing Commence! A Tribute to Bev Bos
The author shares 14 key "Bev" phrases that will forever be burned in her brain! #play #teaching #learning
Play Power: How to Turn Around Our Creativity Crisis
You don't solve oil spills with multiple choice answers! The future favors the flexible! #play #resilience #teaching #learning #creativity
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Why kids should go barefoot more (and probably adults, too)
Our feet were healthier before we started wearing shoes! #play #risk #outside #movement
Time for more storytelling
We need to change the language of the early childhood narrative; we have drained education of it's ability to invoke wonder and passion and have left behind lifeless clichés such as: investment... outcomes... returns... assessment... quality... #DAP #teaching #learning #DAP
Why Do We Judge Parents For Putting Kids At Perceived - But Unreal - Risk?
There is some evidence that moral attitudes towards parenting have changed. Example: leaving children unsupervised is now judged as morally "wrong" and, as such, people overestimate the risk associated with it. #risk #play #parenting #outside
Why Children Might Benefit From a “Combination” Classroom
Nine advantages of blended classrooms! #DAP #learning #teaching #mixedages
Lisa Murphy On... Being Child Centered
Contrary to what your poopy face co-worker might believe, being child centered does NOT mean kids are running around naked with paint flying through the air! This is the handout that goes with the workshop that goes with the book of the same title! #handouts #play #DAP #teaching
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
The Crisis in Early Education: A Research-Base Case for More Play and Less Pressure
Policymakers persist in ignoring the huge discrepancy between what we know about how young children learn and what we actually do in preschools and kindergartens. #play #pushdown #teaching #learning #DAP
Speaking Out for Play-Based Learning: Becoming and effective advocate for play in the early childhood classroom
The first step in advocating for children's play is to clarify your own values and philosophical orientation! #play #teaching
What I’m NOT Saying When I Speak About Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Enough with the false dichotomies already!!!! Child-centered doesn’t mean the kids run the show and warm & caring early childhood settings are not the opposite of intellectual ones. #DAP #play #learning #teaching
