For Your Binder
Nurturing Creativity: Preparing young children for the challenges ahead
Creative thinking is critical for progress and for survival. How is it fostered? #art #creativity #play #teaching #resilience #DAP
Cute is a Four Letter Word (video)
In 1996 a fantastic editorial by Mary Renck Jalongo entitled, Why cute is STILL a four letter word appeared in Early Childhood Education Journal Vol 24 Issue 2. I have a few copies of copies of copies of old copies but can't find an online link. So until we scan it into the resources for you, watch this 17 minute TedTalk with Sarah Curtis! Cheers! #art #creativity #play #teaching #learning
Play Power: How to Turn Around Our Creativity Crisis
You don't solve oil spills with multiple choice answers! The future favors the flexible! #play #resilience #teaching #learning #creativity
Disclosure: Depending on how often you find yourself on The Atlantic you might (or might not) need to start a free subscription to access this one.
Creative Art With Young Children
It's the process NOT the product! Stop with the craptivities already!!! #handouts #art #creativity #teaching
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
Handprint Turkeys, STEP ASIDE! Embracing process art in early childhood programs
Originally entitled, BEYOND PINTEREST! Amen! #art #creativity #teaching #play #learning
The Importance of Art to the Development of the Whole Child
From the opening, "art is an essential experience for children but it is one that is often hijacked by adults..." YES YES YES! and, I'd add, not only hijacked, but then folded, spindled and mutilated into a craptivity that does nothing for a child's developing creativity! This one is essential for the #create section of your binder! #art #process #creativity
The Top 10 Benefits of Play! Play increases creativity, productivity, health, and wellness.
Play is a state of mind, but it is also a state of body, emotion, and spirit. #play #teaching #learning #creativity
Rethinking the Colorful Kindergarten Classroom
Are the walls influencing learning? #environment #teaching #learning #art #creativity
Analyzing Children's Art
This link provides two excerpts from Rhoda Kellogg's book, Analyzing Children's Art as well as six related resources, also by Kellogg. #art #creativity #scribbling
Red Paint in the Hair
An oldie but a goodie about messy play and art! #art #play #DAP #creativity #teaching #learning #parenting
Setting up a Process-Oriented Classroom: Learning from the Journey in a "Yes-Environment"
Getting closer to YES! #teaching #learning #art #creativity #play
Why CUTE is still a four letter word (a summary)
Why cute is still a four-letter word:
1) cute activities insult children's intellects
2) cute activities mistake doing with learning
3) cute activities often miseducate
4) cute activities undermine professionalism
5) cute activities frequently undermine educational equity
Instead:
1) pose real questions
2) ally with children: believe in them, strive to understand, identify with them
3) share responsibility: wonder together, set high expectations, help children in their choice making
A summary of the Editorial: On Behalf of Children, by Mary Renck Jalongo, from Early Childhood Education Journal, Vol 24, No. 2, 1996, page 67.
You can also watch this more recent video of the same title!
#art #creativity #DAP #teaching #learning
