For Your Binder
Making the Most of the Mix!
Many of you know that Lisa is a vigilante mixed age grouper! Whatever ages can legally be together in one room (it varies from place to place) is what she is going to do! This is a list of the resources Lisa tapped into as she wrote the Mixed Ages paper that she presents during the workshop of the same title. You will find most of these individual articles here in the resources section of the website if you want to explore the topic further! #handouts #mixedages #teaching #DAP
The Death of Recess in America
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
Conceptual split? Parents' and experts' perceptions of play in the 21st century
What say you mom?!?!!? #DAP #play #parenting #teaching #learning
Let's Get Dirty! Why Being Too Clean Isn't Always Better
Is your child getting enough bacteria? #play #outside #nature
The Play-Friendly School Label: A handbook for schools
This document came on my radar while I was taking the Pop Up Adventure Play Playworker Development Course
I quickly realized that it serves as a functional "how-to" manual for anyone who not only says they want to be play based, but is really ready to put their money where their mouth is and make it happen. The document is from 2019 so I am not sure if the workshops and consulting piece they mention is still available, but it's a worthy read all the same. I read it three times and am still gleaning insight. #play #teaching #learning #environment
When the risk is worth it: The inclusion of children with disabilities in free risky play
We know the many benefits of risky play for young children - but are all children being afforded opportunities to engage in this kind of play? Disabled children tend to be over-protected and have their abilities underestimated. Additionally, "accessibility" is not in itself sufficient to ensure the quality of the play experience. #inclusion #equity #outside #movement #recess
Mixed Age Grouping - Why we love it!
When I first read this article in the margins I simply wrote, "This is beautiful." #DAP #play #teaching #learning #mixedages
Tear Down Your Behavior Chart!
First. Do. No. Harm. Stop doing stuff to kids you wouldn't want anyone doing to you! #teaching #learning #DAP #relationships
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 All-White World of Children's Books
This link will take you to a microfiche document that is dated in both narrative language and in copyright terms but the heart of the message is still valid: across the country non-white children are learning to read from books which scarcely mention them or omit them entirely - what does that say to them about their perceived role in the world they are growing up in?
#books #stories #DAP #language #literacy #diversity #inclusion #teaching #learning #reading
Creative metaphors of life experiences seen in play therapy
Metaphors allow the child to protect the self and project the experience onto another object which is much less threatening. #play #playtherapy #fairytales
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