For Your Binder
Sorry, There’s No Easy Toolkit for Social-Emotional Learning. But It’s Worth the Work
What are we waiting for? Sometimes I think we lost our faith in play. #DAP #learning #teaching
The Right to Play
Withholding recess for punishment is counterintuitive because the students who have trouble sitting still or being quiet are often the ones who would benefit the most from some free time to move around and regain their focus. #teaching #learning #recess #DAP #play #outside #movement #equity
The Vital Importance of a Strong Foundation: Why early learning matters
In this Not Just Cute blog post, author Amanda Morgan taps into the house metaphor I use in my PLAY book and uses true-to-life language (they were building a home at the time) that invokes both literal and figurative images of the importance of a strong foundation! #play #DAP #teaching #learning #parenting
The Impact of Rough and Tumble Play
This is a brief - yet rich - overview of a few benefits of rough & tumble play! #play #powerplaying #DAP
Early Childhood Art Education: A palimpsest
Learning to blur the boundaries between facilitating and instigating in an attempt to define how to teach, without teaching. #art #creativity #teaching #learning
Lack of free play among children is causing harm, say experts
In this brief update from Boston College, guest editor Peter Gray gives an overview of the articles appearing in the August 2011 issue of The American Journal of Play in which he had a few pieces. #play #teaching #learning #parenting
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
Why Contest Early Childhood?
This essay questions the current dominant discourses in early childhood and offers alternative narratives, perspectives and debates. #teaching
16 Outcomes for Early Education
A challenge: Start talking about the 16 Capabilities rather than academic readiness as the desired outcome for ECE programs. Can you imagine every child going to kindergarten having mastered these 16 things?!?! #DAP #play #learning #teaching #pushdown
Also, you are going to want to read more from the author, Tom Drummond and his fantastic work in ECE, so click here to access his full website!
How Gender Disparities Affect Classroom Learning
If this is a new area of investigation for you, this is a good starting spot! #gender #teaching #learning #equity
Visualizing Spaces of Childhood
This article explores the connection between our image of the child and our understanding of children’s spaces. #playgrounds #play #panopticon
The Tennessee Pre-K Debate: Spinach Vs. Easter Grass
Another great article from when the preliminary Vanderbilt Study data was released (2015). The quote that caught everyone'e eye: "It's like saying spinach is really good for you," Farran says, "but we can't afford spinach. But here, I've got this Easter grass. Maybe that will be just as good."
Ouch. #DAP #play #learning #teaching
