For Your Binder
The New Preschool is Crushing Kids: Young children are working more, but learning less
Kindergarten now serves as a gatekeeper, not a welcome mat, to elementary school. #play #pushdown #teaching
The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do
I fell down this amazing rabbit hole after hearing Jack Shonkoff, MD speak at a conference many years ago. Read this (albeit dated) report and then, seriously, carve out a few hours and spend some time exploring the rest of this site - super user friendly, wonderfully up to date and filled with a treasure trove of resources. #DAP #teaching #learning #play
Play Therapy Glossary of Terms
Words Matter! In any profession, having shared definitions of industry speak assists in communication and understanding. #playtherapy #teaching #learning
Let the Playing Commence! A Tribute to Bev Bos
The author shares 14 key "Bev" phrases that will forever be burned in her brain! #play #teaching #learning
The Crisis in Early Education: A Research-Base Case for More Play and Less Pressure
Policymakers persist in ignoring the huge discrepancy between what we know about how young children learn and what we actually do in preschools and kindergartens. #play #pushdown #teaching #learning #DAP
The Binet-Simon Measuring Scale for Intelligence: Some Criticisms and Suggestions
Remember that one time, when Piaget noticed the kids getting the same questions wrong, but wrong in the same way? Well one time, a very clever workshop participant asked, What were the questions they got wrong? And I realized I had no idea. What a fantastic question! And while I never was able to locate an answer (maybe you did?) I did find this paper from 1911 which, while it didn't answer the participant's question, it made some good points! #teaching #learning #theorists
Children's Hideouts- Shelters (Dens): A creation archetype
Did you have the hidden power of knowing about a "secret spot"? #dens #forts #outside #play
Get a Grip on Fine Motor Development
Developmental readiness for writing starts with large motor movement and play! Not worksh*ts and pencils! You can supplement your gross motor play with the following appropriate fine motor ones! #play #DAP #teaching #learning #movement #writing
Neuromyths: What are they and what can we do about them?
A current and concise overview - especially if the concept of a neuromyth is new to you! #teaching #learning
Neuromyth No. 3: Visual, Auditory and Haptic Learners
This page is another rabbit hole of goodness, but I specifically linked you here to the info about neuromyth 3, aka: the learning styles because while I believe ECE to some degree has been influenced by all of the myths (myself included) I tend to still see and hear this one the most. #teaching #learning
Handprint Turkeys, STEP ASIDE! Embracing process art in early childhood programs
Originally entitled, BEYOND PINTEREST! Amen! #art #creativity #teaching #play #learning
A Path Made in the Walking
How might forest schools differ from location to location? This report looks at forest schools in Norway and England. #play #nature #outside #forestschools #teaching #learning
