For Your Binder

A report on the value of children's play and a series of policy recommendations.  This report is very UK/EU centric but the data points are still applicable, even some 10 odd years later!  #play #DAP #teaching #learning #parenting

This is a link to the Erikson Institute's resource for families who are feeling frustrated. #DAP #zerotothree #infants #babies #playtherapy

In a nutshell - nope. Read it anyway and get the details! #DAP #teaching #learning #reading #play

Our feet were healthier before we started wearing shoes!  #play #risk #outside #movement

This pilot study of the Play Cycle Observation Method (PCOM) provides a method to record the process of play as outlined by Sturrock and Else (1998) in the aforementioned Colorado Paper.  #play #playwork

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

This link will take you to over 7000 archived samples of the various stages and styles of scribbling. See the column on the left? Click on "Introduction" and read how to search for something specific.   #art #creativity #DAP #scribbling

If you're doing homework you aren't riding your bike, not reading for pleasure - and those things are just as important! #homework #teaching #learning #play

When I first read this article in the margins I simply wrote, "This is beautiful." #DAP #play #teaching #learning #mixedages

Taking a cue from the bees! #DAP #play #teaching #learning

New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever younger ages, may backfire! #play #teaching #learning #pushdown

Metaphors allow the child to protect the self and project the experience onto another object which is much less threatening. #play #playtherapy #fairytales