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This study attempts to explain the underlying processes that contribute to the well-documented racial disparities in school readiness, educational achievement and in later life opportunity. #teaching #learning #equity #implicitbias #expulsion

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

Is COVID-19 making us move even less than we were before? #recess #play #movement #covid #outside #DAP

In my infant workshops I often remind the audience that attachment parenting (as a style) is different than understanding the theory of attachment. This article, which successfully outlines the differences between the two, is one of the best I have ever read. Additionally, in an age/stage format, it provides a sidebar overview of what secure attachment looks like. Whether you are working with 0-3 age group or not, this is a very important article to have at your fingertips!  #DAP #teaching #learning #parenting #relationships #zerotothree

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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Many important issues can be worked out through argument and conflict.  #fairytales #books #stories #reading 

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

Playing is a paradoxical form of communication: the dog approaches you; he puts his teeth on your arm but he is also wagging his tail. You let him do this because you know the dog is playing.  How do you know this?  #play 

This article is adapted from Paul Tough's 2016 book, Helping Children Succeed: What works and why  #teaching #learning #DAP #resilience #play

Competence improves with experience and the knowledge and practice that comes with it! This is a link to the revised (1995) version of Katz' original paper; a link to the original paper from 1972 can be accessed here. #teaching #learning

This articles explores the concept of scaffolding and offers a few strategies.  #theorists #DAP #teaching #learning

This report is a collaboration between the Alliance for Childhood and the US Play Coalition acknowledging that while play is making a come-back, we still need rapid, wide-spread progress to avoid additional suffering from play deprivation and to heal children already suffering from it.  #play #DAP #playwork #outside #movement #recess