For Your Binder

Early Academic Training Produces Long-Term Harm Research reveals potential risks of academic preschools and kindergartens
2015

Louder for the people in the back!  #DAP #play #teaching #learning

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Education’s Rotten Apples
2002

The bad stuff has to go away for the good stuff to work.  #DAP #teaching #learning

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Lisa Murphy on... PLAY

The findings consistently show that the foundation is what supports the house!  Want a huge academic mansion? Then make the foundation rock solid!  This is the handout that goes with the workshop that goes with the book of the same title! #play #DAP #pushdown #teaching #handouts

Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool  

State of Play: How tot lots became places to build children’s brains
2010

The city has come to realize that it must provide for its children, that they have a right to play as well as to work. NYC Mayor Seth Low, 1903. 

So what happened?  #play #playgrounds #outside #movement #adventureplaygrounds #playwork  Of note, depending on how often you access articles in The New Yorker, you might need to sign up for this one.

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No more worksh*ts!

A good synopsis! #DAP #play #teaching #learning #parenting

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