For Your Binder
The Benefits of the Mix
Children aren't born in litters, but we insist they be cared for in them! #DAP #mixedages #play #teaching #learning
Curiosity: The Fuel of Development
Read the article, then print out the table! Keep it handy and share it too! It's a fantastic visual resource and reminder of the power of exploration and play! #play #DAP #teaching #learning #relationships #care
Building fine motor skills and why it matters
A short article with 10 different ways to build a child's fine and small motor skills! #DAP #play #movement #writing #teaching #learning
Building Blocks of Math Skills: The Many Ways Block Building Supports Young Children’s Discovery of Early Math Concepts
Unit blocks have been around for over 100 years! Why is their potential still so often underestimated?? #math #play #blocks #DAP #learning #teaching
Multi-Age Groupings in Early Childhood Education: The affordances and opportunities of a multi-age child care model
You'll need to restock your ink and paper if you like to print things out. It'll be worth it! #mixedages #learning #teaching #DAP
Does early reading instruction help reading in the long-term? A review of empirical evidence
In a nutshell - nope. Read it anyway and get the details! #DAP #teaching #learning #reading #play
Nixing Recess: The silly, alarmingly popular way to punish kids
Sometimes it takes teachers AND parents to bring educational policies in-line with what we know about the importance of recess. #recess #play #teaching #learning #DAP #outside #movement
Multiple Intelligences Theory
Lisa uses Howard Gardner's existing framework as a platform to stretch ourselves out of our comfort zones to make sure our classrooms are making room for everyone - not just the kids we like. #handouts #teaching #learning #DAP #theorists
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
Tear Down Your Behavior Chart!
First. Do. No. Harm. Stop doing stuff to kids you wouldn't want anyone doing to you! #teaching #learning #DAP #relationships
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
Mixed-Age Preschool: Benefits and Challenges
Mixed-age classrooms might also have the benefit of muddying age-based comparisons and competition between children. #mixedages #teaching #learning #parenting #DAP
Making the Most of the Mix!
Many of you know that Lisa is a vigilante mixed age grouper! Whatever ages can legally be together in one room (it varies from place to place) is what she is going to do! This is a list of the resources Lisa tapped into as she wrote the Mixed Ages paper that she presents during the workshop of the same title. You will find most of these individual articles here in the resources section of the website if you want to explore the topic further! #handouts #mixedages #teaching #DAP
