For Your Binder
The Development of Movement - Stages
An excerpt from Peaceful Babies - Contented Mothers (1940) taken from the Sensory Awareness Foundation Winter Bulletin, Number 14, 1994. This link will bring you to the article, where you can also access the rest of the content on the Pikler (USA) website. #movement #learning #teaching #parenting #theorists #DAP
Building Forts and Minds: The Importance of Child Built Space
In these secret places, children develop and control environments of their own and enjoy freedom from the rules of the adult world. #dens #forts #outside #environments #play #parenting #teaching #learning
Fizzle Bubble Pop and WOW! Simple Science for Young Children
Remember what Steve Spangler teaches us - they aren't doing science until they start asking questions! Here are some ideas to get you started. Remember you need TIME just as much as you need vinegar! Repeat repeat repeat! DO IT AGAIN! #science #handouts #play #DAP #teaching
Need more ideas? Lisa has 3 other activity focused books!
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
Curiosity, Pleasure and Play: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective
Predictable, consistent, nurturing experiences are required to express the underlying potential of each child. #learning #teaching #DAP #relationships #care
Preschool Is School, Sometimes
The uneven distribution of high-quality early education classrooms in the United States reflects several factors. The author lists four of them for you! #teaching #learning #DAP
Panoptic Playground: How Disneyland Functions as the Ultimate Disciplinary Environment
A while back - while falling down another rabbit hole in my effort to learn what "panopticon" meant (I heard it at a #playwork conference and didn't know what it meant) - I stumbled across quite a bit as to how theme parks, specifically the Disney ones, fall into the same category. #playground #play #panopticon
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
How Children’s Social Skills Impact Success in Adulthood: Findings from a 20-Year Study on the Outcomes of Children Screened in Kindergarten
Social competence in kindergarten was a significant indicator (in adulthood) of both positive and negative outcomes across all domains: education, employment, criminal justice, substance abuse & mental health. This link will take you to a summary of the study. There's a link to the complete study here. #DAP #teaching #learning #play
Lack of free play among children is causing harm, say experts
In this brief update from Boston College, guest editor Peter Gray gives an overview of the articles appearing in the August 2011 issue of The American Journal of Play in which he had a few pieces. #play #teaching #learning #parenting
The Playwork Primer
A wonderful introduction to playwork as well as some key concepts and phrases. It also provides an overview of the play types as identified by Bob Hughes as well as tons of resources & notes at the end. It might only be 20 some-odd pages, but for a small little book, it packs a punch! #playwork #DAP #play #teaching #learning
Nursery University: a reaction piece
I watched the film Nursery University back in 2011. It highlights a few NYC families and their stressful attempts to frantically get their children into the “right” preschool/nursery school. Here is a link to the trailer. My reaction comments are here as well. #pushdown #parenting #play #teaching #learning
