For Your Binder
Link between ADHD, academic expectations identified by researchers
In the United States, we’ve decided that increasing academic demands on young children is a good thing. What we haven’t considered, are the potential negative effects. #DAP #movement #teaching #learning #pushdown
A Good Beginning
Imagine that! Social and emotional competence is JUST AS important as the ABCs and 123s! #play #DAP #teaching #learning
The Perks of a Play In The Mud Educational Philosophy: When did America decide preschool should be in a classroom?
Nature preschools, forest kindergartens, outdoor pre-K, call 'em what you want, they've grown in number almost 500% since 2012! #nature #play #outside #forestschools
2? 4? 6? Grouping Children to Promote Social and Emotional Development
See you at the steps! #DAP #teaching #learning
Large Motor Games to Play!
This session was being updated right before COVID - bummer - it will get redone for when we can all be back running around and playing games together, but for now, this is the handout for you! Need to see some of the games in action? Consider getting Lisa's DVD of the same title! #movement #outside #recess #DAP #play #handouts #teaching
The Case for Play: How a handful of researchers are trying to save childhood
When we shortchange children's playtime in favor of "academics" we might actually be inhibiting their development. #play #pushdown #teaching #DAP #learning
What I’m NOT Saying When I Speak About Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Enough with the false dichotomies already!!!! Child-centered doesn’t mean the kids run the show and warm & caring early childhood settings are not the opposite of intellectual ones. #DAP #play #learning #teaching
Day care or preschool? It's not just semantics
An unfortunate side effect of the growing recognition of the early years as learning years is that some people get hyperactive about it. #parenting #learning #teaching #DAP #care #relationships
