For Your Binder
The State of Early Childhood Three Things That Have Changed Since I Became an Early Childhood Consultant
Rae shares with us the three things she's been hearing all across the country in regard to children and their development. Sadly, they probably won't surprise you. #play #DAP #movement
How Gender Disparities Affect Classroom Learning
If this is a new area of investigation for you, this is a good starting spot! #gender #teaching #learning #equity
Play Based Learning
A resource from a college in Canada, this document provides a nice overview of play based learning, how to talk about it and facilitate it. #play #teaching #learning
A Path Made in the Walking
How might forest schools differ from location to location? This report looks at forest schools in Norway and England. #play #nature #outside #forestschools #teaching #learning
The school where kids can build dens
The author states that his guide on the visit said the den building was not an adult idea: it originated from children’s spontaneous activity. #dens #forts #play #outside #teaching
Meet Peter Gray
Here is a link to all of the amazing articles that Peter Gray puts out in support of free play and in doing what is best for children. I have put direct links to a few of them here in the resources section, but this is a link to ALL of them! Down down down the rabbit hole you go!! #play #teaching #learning
Sensory-Motor Reading Readiness for School
Dr. Johnson has seen children diagnosed with AD/HD or learning disabilities “miraculously” improve when they are taken out of “academic” kindergartens or given an extra year in a developmental kindergarten that emphasizes movement, play, and the integration of their sensory-motor systems. #DAP #play #teaching #learning #movement #reading #writing
Einstein May Never Have Used Flashcards, But He Probably Built Forts: Bringing play back into the lives of children
Can you just see it? A young Einstein, wild hair flying, throwing his mother’s quilt over a couple of chairs and crawling underneath!?!?! #nature #play #forts #dens #looseparts #outside
Using Mixed-Age Groups to Support Continuity of Care in Center-Based Programs
Mixed-age groupings create a frame for deepening relationships for staff with children and their families. #mixedages #DAP #teaching #learning
Best Play: What play provision should do for children
This is a valuable collaborative resource created by The National Playing Fields Association, PLAYLINK, The Children's Play Council, Play Wales, Play Scotland, Sutcliffe Play & Playboard Northern Ireland. At it's core is a shared belief that children need to play and as such, need environments that are suitable for them to do so. #play #playwork #learning #teaching #outside
Play Under Pressure: Surveying parents about children and the state of play
Highlights! Key findings! How to take action! #play #DAP #parenting
Hugs, Not Drugs
This is a bit lengthy and quite dated. Of Note: there is no publication date provided, but it references stats from the 1990s so while I wouldn't advise quoting the numbers, the general overarching premise is timely: the wildest colts make the best horses. Are we medicating to truly assist? Or to increase compliance within a broken system? #teaching #learning #DAP #movement