For Your Binder

Learning to blur the boundaries between facilitating and instigating in an attempt to define how to teach, without teaching. # art # creativity # teaching # learning

Enough with the false dichotomies already!!!!  Child-centered doesn’t mean the kids run the show and warm & caring early childhood settings are not the opposite of intellectual ones.  # DAP # play # learning # teaching 

Dr. Johnson has seen children diagnosed with AD/HD or learning disabilities “miraculously” improve when they are taken out of “academic” kindergartens or given an extra year in a developmental kindergarten that emphasizes movement, play, and the integration of their sensory-motor systems.  # DAP # play # teaching # learning # movement # reading # writing

Whether you are looking to teach yourself or others, this is a valuable resource you will want to have at the ready! # equity # gender # teaching # learning

Mixed-age classrooms might also have the benefit of muddying age-based comparisons and competition between children.  # mixedages # teaching # learning # parenting # DAP

From the horse's mouth! I first came across this as a stand alone article, I now see that it is Chapter 24 of The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence. # theorists # learning # teaching

A resource from a college in Canada, this document provides a nice overview of play based learning, how to talk about it and facilitate it.  # play # teaching # learning

Are the walls influencing learning? # environment # teaching # learning # art # creativity

This article is in response to the release of some preliminary data for what is now known as the Vanderbilt Study (final results were released in early 2022).  Even then we could see what the results ended up actually indicating... that children need to # play 

# teaching # learning # DAP 

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 

In spite of the fact that the vital importance of play in young children’s development has been shown in study after study, many people (still) (unfortunately) believe that play is a waste of time in school. # play # DAP # pushdown # teaching # learning

While I have moved beyond creating prop boxes, this article, while a little dated, provides a nice reminder as to the importance of dramatic play and, should the children instigate an exploration of some of the themes that are presented, might serve as a starting spot for some additional materials that might add to the exploration and play. # play # teaching # learning # DAP