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The Pyramid Model and Trauma Informed Care: A guide for early childhood professionals to support young children's resilience
A 2018 study estimated that 33.3% of all children were exposed to at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE). ACEs include abuse, household challenges, neglect, drug use or mental illness in the house, parental separation or divorce, incarcerated family members and witnessing domestic violence. It's important to note that adversity isn't limited to these categories; housing insecurity, racism, medical trauma, natural disasters and, I would add COVID all can contribute to a child experiencing trauma as a result of the stress of these examples of adversity. This booklet provides a general over view of trauma and behavior, what ECEs need to know about trauma, how ECEs can promote resilience, understanding trauma informed care, and the intersection between disparity, equity and trauma. #trauma #ACES #equity #care
The All-White World of Children's Books
This link will take you to a microfiche document that is dated in both narrative language and in copyright terms but the heart of the message is still valid: across the country non-white children are learning to read from books which scarcely mention them or omit them entirely - what does that say to them about their perceived role in the world they are growing up in?
#books #stories #DAP #language #literacy #diversity #inclusion #teaching #learning #reading
Dressing the Part
Are we disguising bad teaching with nice clothes??? #teaching
The Tech Industry’s War on Kids: How psychology is being used as a weapon against children
I think the title says it all!
Please note: You can get two free articles a month on this site so assuming you have not yet been here, you should have full access to this article. #teaching #learning #technology #screens
What does the Tennessee pre-K study really tell us about public preschool programs?
More commentary on the Vanderbilt Study and how it will impact ECE programs moving forward. #play #DAP #teaching #learning #Tennessee
The Double-edged Sword of Pedagogy: Instruction limits spontaneous exploration and discovery
How does teaching impact exploration and discovery??? #teaching #learning
The Natural Environment for Children’s Self-Education: The Sudbury Valley School is in these ways like a hunter-gatherer band
Play and exploration requires enormous amounts of unscheduled time - time to do whatever one wants to do, without pressure, judgment, or intrusion from authority figures. #play #teaching #learning #mixedages
Comparing Injury Rates on a Fixed Equipment Playground and an Adventure Playground
Data was collected over a five year span. Anyone wanna take any guesses? Yup! You guessed it! The adventure playground was statistically safer. #adventureplaygrounds #playgrounds #play #risk #movement #recess #playwork #outside
Shopping On the Side of the Road
I bet many of you have provided "forever homes" to tires, cable spools, milk crates and other items worthy of "rescue" from the side of the road! #looseparts #teaching #play
Why Attachment Parenting Is Not the Same as Secure Attachment
In my infant workshops I often remind the audience that attachment parenting (as a style) is different than understanding the theory of attachment. This article, which successfully outlines the differences between the two, is one of the best I have ever read. Additionally, in an age/stage format, it provides a sidebar overview of what secure attachment looks like. Whether you are working with 0-3 age group or not, this is a very important article to have at your fingertips! #DAP #teaching #learning #parenting #relationships #zerotothree
The role of doll play in language development
I happened upon this article while reading a newsletter that covers the happenings of the toy industry. The part that caught my eye was this: research found children talked more about others’ thoughts and emotions, a concept known as internal state language (ISL), when playing with dolls than while playing tablet games. I mean we know this, right?!? But I just love love love when someone does the math to prove it. Access the full study here. More fuel for our #play fire! #toys #learning #DAP #screens #technology