For Your Binder
Seeing Children do More with Less
Toes not toys! #play #DAP #looseparts #teaching #learning #environment
Principles of Early Childhood Education
Twelve important points that would still be relevant even if the copyright date was 1800! #play #teaching #learning #DAP
2? 4? 6? Grouping Children to Promote Social and Emotional Development
See you at the steps! #DAP #teaching #learning
The Playwork Primer
A wonderful introduction to playwork as well as some key concepts and phrases. It also provides an overview of the play types as identified by Bob Hughes as well as tons of resources & notes at the end. It might only be 20 some-odd pages, but for a small little book, it packs a punch! #playwork #DAP #play #teaching #learning
Early Academic Training Produces Long-Term Harm Research reveals potential risks of academic preschools and kindergartens
Louder for the people in the back! #DAP #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
Cut Out the Pre-Cuts: The trouble with themes in early childhood education
It's time to draw the line in the sand! #DAP #play #themes #art #creativity #learning #teaching
Lisa Murphy On... Being Child Centered
Contrary to what your poopy face co-worker might believe, being child centered does NOT mean kids are running around naked with paint flying through the air! This is the handout that goes with the workshop that goes with the book of the same title! #handouts #play #DAP #teaching
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
When Children Are Not Read to at Home: The Million Word Gap
Conclusion? Home-based shared book reading represents an important resource for closing the word gap. This is a link to the study. #parenting #teaching #learning #books #stories #DAP #reading
Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Activity in Healthy Children ages 10 - 16
Self efficacy = believing that one can successfully perform a desired task or behavior. Programs for (young) children that encourage movement and exercise might be setting the stage for a more physically active adolescence. #movement #DAP #recess #outside #resilience
