For Your Binder
It’s in the Mix. An Exploratory Study of a Mixed Age Group Model in West Dublin
Play in a mixed age group is more creative than competitive. #mixedages #play #learning #teaching #DAP
Children Educate Themselves Part III: How hunter-gatherer children learn without schools
Part III in a series by Peter Gray. #play #DAP #learning #teaching
A Good Beginning
Imagine that! Social and emotional competence is JUST AS important as the ABCs and 123s! #play #DAP #teaching #learning
Let The Kids Learn Through Play
Sooner is NOT better and who decided that "early birds" like worms anyway???
#play #pushdown #learning #teaching
How Kids Learn Resilience
This article is adapted from Paul Tough's 2016 book, Helping Children Succeed: What works and why #teaching #learning #DAP #resilience #play
Using Mixed-Age Groups to Support Continuity of Care in Center-Based Programs
Mixed-age groupings create a frame for deepening relationships for staff with children and their families. #mixedages #DAP #teaching #learning
The Play-Friendly School Label: A handbook for schools
This document came on my radar while I was taking the Pop Up Adventure Play Playworker Development Course
I quickly realized that it serves as a functional "how-to" manual for anyone who not only says they want to be play based, but is really ready to put their money where their mouth is and make it happen. The document is from 2019 so I am not sure if the workshops and consulting piece they mention is still available, but it's a worthy read all the same. I read it three times and am still gleaning insight. #play #teaching #learning #environment
Why Children Might Benefit From a “Combination” Classroom
Nine advantages of blended classrooms! #DAP #learning #teaching #mixedages
Moving up the Grades: Relationship between Preschool Model and Later School Success
Children's later school success appears to have been enhanced by more active, child-initiated early learning experiences. This link will let you access the full article; and it's a good one! #play #DAP #teaching #learning #pushdown
Q/A with Paul Tough
This is a link to his site, scroll down to read the Q/A section for some background as to why he wrote How Children Succeed, 2012. #resilience #learning #teaching #DAP #play
Time May Be Up for Naps in Pre-K Class
"This is not a child-care program. It's an educational program." It's a dated article but I still roll my eyes at the comment. #pushdown #DAP #teaching #learning
The Development of Movement - Stages
An excerpt from Peaceful Babies - Contented Mothers (1940) taken from the Sensory Awareness Foundation Winter Bulletin, Number 14, 1994. This link will bring you to the article, where you can also access the rest of the content on the Pikler (USA) website. #movement #learning #teaching #parenting #theorists #DAP
