For Your Binder
Government Watchdog Finds Racial Bias in School Discipline
Black students were the only race where both boys and girls were disproportionately disciplined across six disciplinary actions examined, which included corporal punishment, in- and out-of-school suspensions, expulsions and school-related arrests. #implicitbias #teaching #expulsion #equity
Play Based Learning
A resource from a college in Canada, this document provides a nice overview of play based learning, how to talk about it and facilitate it. #play #teaching #learning
Hidden Meanings in Children's Fairy Tales
Many important issues can be worked out through argument and conflict. #fairytales #books #stories #reading
On children who “don’t know how to play”
When we think we meet children who “don’t know how to play”, is our assessment accurate? Is play a skill or an instinct? Or both? #play #playwork #teaching #learning
What Does it Mean to Care?
It's time to dismantle the hierarchy of importance between activities such as helping a child put on their coat and teaching them a new word. #care #relationships #teaching
Discovering the Importance of Play through Personal Histories and Brain Images
While having a play deprived childhood isn't going to turn you into a murderer, all of the inmates Brown interviewed had a play deprived childhood. #play #risk #resilience #teaching #learning #powerplaying #theorists
Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to gain and much to lose
There is no evidence that teaching children to read in PreK will help them be better readers in the long-run. So how and when did we start thinking that it would? #play #pushdown #DAP #teaching #learning #reading
Has Direct Instruction Banished Exploration? Not So Fast!
I'll take Door #2 please, any day every day and all day! #play #teaching #learning
The crucial role of recess in school
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) believes that recess is a crucial component of a child's development and should not be withheld for punitive or academic reasons. Of note: this position statement was reaffirmed by the AAP in 2016. #recess #DAP #play #teaching #learning #outside #movement
Kindergarten Cram: Toss out the No. 2 pencils and let them play
This article begs the question, why are we so hellbent on, "bigger! better! faster! sooner! now!" ?? #DAP #play #pushdown #teaching #learning #parenting
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The school where kids can build dens
The author states that his guide on the visit said the den building was not an adult idea: it originated from children’s spontaneous activity. #dens #forts #play #outside #teaching