For Your Binder
Ten Little Hotdogs Fryin' in the Whaaaa???
To Food?! Or Not to Food?!?!
Whether PRO or CON - what is the intention behind your choice? Originally penned in 2006 but revised before posting here on the new website, you will find this to be a handy resource when considering the age old debate of using food in the classroom! #play #teaching
The COVID generation: how is the pandemic affecting kids' brains?
Child development researchers are asking whether the COVID pandemic is shaping brains and behavior. #teaching #learning
The Impact of Rough and Tumble Play
This is a brief - yet rich - overview of a few benefits of rough & tumble play! #play #powerplaying #DAP
Dressing the Part
Are we disguising bad teaching with nice clothes??? #teaching
Children's Hideouts- Shelters (Dens): A creation archetype
Did you have the hidden power of knowing about a "secret spot"? #dens #forts #outside #play
We Are Gunslinging Girls: Gender and Place in Playground Clapping Games
I think it's fair to say that singing and hand clapping games play a relevant role in a child's life both culturally and developmentally. In this paper, the authors defend the idea that clapping games play a big part of girlhood in Catalonia (Spain). #recess #play #songs #DAP #playground
What is Happening to Fine Motor Development?
To put it bluntly, Guddemi says that lacking fine motor skills is not "fine" in Kindergarten! #teaching #learning #DAP #play #pushdown #reading #writing
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
Leave No Child Inside
Read more about the growing movement to reconnect children & nature and how to battle nature deficit disorder. The future of children in nature has profound implications not only for the conservation of land but also for the direction of the environmental movement. #outside #nature #play
The Underestimation of America's Preschool Teachers
It's hard for some to think that working with littles is just as complex as working with olders because historically we have implied that anyone can do it. #teaching #learning #care #relationships
School of Hard Knocks
Present company excluded, it is often a surprise that characteristics such as persistence, self control and curiosity are more important than sheer brainpower when it comes to being "successful" #play #resilience #DAP #teaching #learning
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