For Your Binder

Our educational climate is often inhospitable to instigating a sense of wonder. # teaching # learning # creativity 

Despite evidence that play and social interactions are crucial to cognitive development, schools continue to take recess away. # recess # teaching # learning # outside # movement # DAP # pushdown

Tension without intention. # teaching # learning # play # technology # resilience # pushdown

Competence improves with experience and the knowledge and practice that comes with it! This is a link to the revised (1995) version of Katz' original paper; a link to the original paper from 1972 can be accessed here. # 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

The art of making a space for the playfulness and messiness of teaching requires courage and letting go! # learning # teaching # creativity # art

Here for you is a scan of the full article from 1996! Play # art # creativity # teaching # learning # DAP

A classic.  # DAP # teaching # learning

There are 10 play-focused articles in this 65 page document.  I'd suggest exploring one article at a time... maybe for an ECE discussion group or perhaps a college class or monthly staff meeting?!? # play # DAP # teaching # learning

An unfortunate side effect of the growing recognition of the early years as learning years is that some people get hyperactive about it.  # parenting # learning # teaching # DAP # care # relationships

This article is adapted from Paul Tough's 2016 book, Helping Children Succeed: What works and why  # teaching # learning # DAP # resilience # play

I believe that by clarifying definitions we can show that children can be provided “opportunities to interact with technology” without having to plug anything in. # play # DAP # teaching # learning # technology # screens