For Your Binder
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
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
The Having of Wonderful Ideas
An excerpt from her book of essays of the same title, it'll whet your whistle and make you realize you need to get the book! #DAP #teaching #learning #theorists
Your Image of the Child: Where Teaching Begins
The school we are talking about is not the school you are familiar with in the past, but it is something that you can hope for. #teaching #learning #theorists
Mixed-Age Preschool: Benefits and Challenges
Mixed-age classrooms might also have the benefit of muddying age-based comparisons and competition between children. #mixedages #teaching #learning #parenting #DAP
Why Children Might Benefit From a “Combination” Classroom
Nine advantages of blended classrooms! #DAP #learning #teaching #mixedages
Learning to Write and Draw
For very young children, art and early writing skills are one and the same. But this changes over time! This article provides an easy to read overview of the early stages of writing and scribbling. It also provides user friendly trips on how to encourage creativity while at the same time assisting children in learning that words are powerful and have meaning! #reading #writing #DAP #scribbling #creativity #teaching #learning
How Does Your Story Start? Story writing with young children
While Lisa is not implying that you would interrupt a child at play in order to "get" a story, she does think this is a useful tool to have in our tool belts for when the situation is right. Calling on the work of Bev Bos, Vivian Paley & Barry Sanders, not only does this workshop walk you through a story writing process, it also reminds participants of the importance of orality and that we were a talking species before we were a literate one!! #handouts #DAP #stories #teaching #theorists
While this workshop is now a stand-alone session, it used to be a part of the Books and Stories session that was captured on DVD while back. Did you miss it? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
Neuromythologies: Separating science from speculation
Although neuromyths might have some truth to them, careful reading of the original research often demonstrates that the findings have been misinterpreted, simplified or are based exclusively on animal studies with limited implications for humans. This link will hop you to a chapter from Understanding the Brain: Towards a New Learning Science (2002) which specifically address 3 of the (now identified 6) myths. #teaching #learning
Decentering Whiteness, Part II
Twenty years later.... still committed to the creation of a society which revolves around a multiracial center. #teaching #learning #equity
How Gender Disparities Affect Classroom Learning
If this is a new area of investigation for you, this is a good starting spot! #gender #teaching #learning #equity
What Does it Mean to Care?
It's time to dismantle the hierarchy of importance between activities such as helping a child put on their coat and teaching them a new word. #care #relationships #teaching
