For Your Binder

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

I found this wikipedia post interesting as I was reading up on the speakers and topics to be presented at the 2018 International Toy Research Association (ITRA) conference, 2018, Paris.  #play #toys

Autonomy is defined as a form of voluntary action (read: choice), stemming from a person’s interest and with no external pressure. When teachers support autonomy, students improve their academic performance, are more creative, better adjusted & feel less stress. But what about at home? Does parental support of autonomy influence the development of executive function and self-regulation skills?  #DAP #parenting #learning #teaching

An oldie but a goodie about messy play and art! #art #play #DAP #creativity #teaching #learning #parenting

Some claim we are in the middle of an ADHD epidemic.... do the kids need more drugs? Or more recess? #recess #play #teaching #learning #outside #movement

This is Part II in a series by Peter Gray.  In Part I Gray defined teaching  - here in Part II he examines teaching as it occurs, or occurred, in hunter-gatherer bands. #play #teaching #learning #DAP

The bad stuff has to go away for the good stuff to work.  #DAP #teaching #learning

From the Atlantic Monthly, March, 1987

The way a child wants to play is often very different from the way their parents want them to, the child however, knows best! #play #DAP #learning #teaching

Her actual paper is available on SAGE (if you have access) and there is a link within the body of this link you do!  This immediate link will bring you to an article where she gives an overview of her findings.  Additionally, she wonders how ECEs view risk taking? Is it limited to risky play? Or perhaps something more??   #risk #play #teaching

Play is a state of mind, but it is also a state of body, emotion, and spirit.  #play #teaching #learning #creativity

If consensual control is embedded in the design, maybe Disney order might be so Mickey Mouse after all!  #panopticon 

Twelve important points that would still be relevant even if the copyright date was 1800! #play #teaching #learning #DAP