For Your Binder
Education’s Rotten Apples
The bad stuff has to go away for the good stuff to work. #DAP #teaching #learning
Re-defining the Play Cycle: An empirical study of playworkers’ understanding of playwork theory
The Play Cycle was initially identified in 1998 in what is oft simply referred to as The Colorado Paper. Since then, a new definition of the Play Cycle as been proposed by the authors of this study. #playwork #play
Let 'em eat dirt
Busy busy busy kids don't get the opportunity to wander outside the parental orbit to explore! Will we pay a price? #play #outside #pushdown #dirt #nature
The conflict within: Resistance to inclusion and other paradoxes in special education
This article explores resistance to the inclusion of students with disabilities into mainstream classes and the solidification of special education as an institutionalized practice. #DAP #specialed #teaching #learning
The Healing Power of Play: Therapeutic Work with Chronically Neglected and Abused Children
This is one of the most bittersweet pieces I've ever read. It will break your heart and yet show you how to repair it all at the same time. Read: the pure power of PLAY. #play #playwork #teaching #learning
The Top 10 Benefits of Play! Play increases creativity, productivity, health, and wellness.
Play is a state of mind, but it is also a state of body, emotion, and spirit. #play #teaching #learning #creativity
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
From the horse's mouth! I first came across this as a stand alone article, I now see that it is Chapter 24 of The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence. #theorists #learning #teaching
The Arts and Staying Cool
The art of making a space for the playfulness and messiness of teaching requires courage and letting go! #learning #teaching #creativity #art
Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books
From me:This is a good resource AND it still needs to be a "good" book; not a teachy preachy one. Kids can smell your agenda. #books #reading #equity #stories #teaching
Finding the balance: Early Childhood practitioners' views on risk, challenge and safety in outdoor play settings
Extreme safety concerns and risk minimization strategies are eroding children's opportunities to engage in developmentally appropriate risk taking. #DAP #teaching #risk #play #outside
The Invisible Curriculum of Care
"I didn't get a master's degree to change diapers!" #care #relationships #teaching
