For Your Binder
A Plot to Zap the Nap
Childhood naps are neat. Without them, little people grow up to become airhead administrators. #pushdown #play #DAP #teaching #learning
Return to Kindergarten: A “Garden of Children” or “the New First Grade”?
Kindergarten should be the graduate school of fantasy play! Where did we go wrong? #play #DAP #theorists #teaching #learning
The Healing Power of Play: Therapeutic Work with Chronically Neglected and Abused Children
This is one of the most bittersweet pieces I've ever read. It will break your heart and yet show you how to repair it all at the same time. Read: the pure power of PLAY. #play #playwork #teaching #learning
The COVID generation: how is the pandemic affecting kids' brains?
Child development researchers are asking whether the COVID pandemic is shaping brains and behavior. #teaching #learning
All rigor and no play is no way to improve learning
At the heart of this zero-sum game are assumptions that rigorous content requires work, while play is frivolous. #teaching #learning #DAP #play
Sitting Babies Up – The Downside
The splendor of “baby-owned” accomplishments is why Janet Landsbury recommends giving infants the opportunity to learn to sit on their own and not propping or positioning them. This article lists some of the other reasons! #movement #teaching #learning #parenting #DAP #theorists
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
A Basic Introduction to Child Development Theories
I am including this document as it presents some names that are not typically included in a "basic intro to the theorists" resource; and I liked that. #DAP #teaching #learning #theorists
Distinctions between Academic and Intellectual Goals in Early Childhood Education
A classic. #DAP #teaching #learning
Do Early Educators’ Implicit Biases Regarding Sex and Race Relate to Behavior Expectations and Recommendations of Preschool Expulsions and Suspensions?
This study attempts to explain the underlying processes that contribute to the well-documented racial disparities in school readiness, educational achievement and in later life opportunity. #teaching #learning #equity #implicitbias #expulsion
Why kids deserve a preschool that lets them play
A push-down curriculum isn’t helping kids to get ahead, it’s simply ignoring the critical role of the foundation. #play #DAP #parenting #pushdown #teaching #learning
Building gross motor skills and why it matters
A short article that includes 10 ideas for large and gross motor skill development in young children! #DAP #play #movement #outside #teaching #learning
