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
The crucial role of recess in school
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) believes that recess is a crucial component of a child's development and should not be withheld for punitive or academic reasons. Of note: this position statement was reaffirmed by the AAP in 2016. #recess #DAP #play #teaching #learning #outside #movement
Curiosity: The Fuel of Development
Read the article, then print out the table! Keep it handy and share it too! It's a fantastic visual resource and reminder of the power of exploration and play! #play #DAP #teaching #learning #relationships #care
Neuromyths: What are they and what can we do about them?
A current and concise overview - especially if the concept of a neuromyth is new to you! #teaching #learning
Remove the Bubble Wrap: Why Over-Protection Hinders Healthy Child Development
If we don’t allow children the freedom to move their bodies in different ways with simple challenges, how do we expect them to become capable of navigating their environment without getting hurt? Risks and challenges are important for healthy sensory and motor development and this article will assist you in really understanding why!
#play #risk #movement #outside #teaching #learning #DAP
School Has Become Too Hostile to Boys: and efforts to re-engineer the young-male imagination are doomed to fail
Growing intolerance for boys' action-narrative-play choices may be undermining language development. #DAP #gender #teaching #learning #play #powerplaying
Playgrounds, kids and making trouble
May your playground be filled with little troublemaking revolutionaries! #playgrounds #play #parenting #outside #panopticon
Why Do We Judge Parents For Putting Kids At Perceived - But Unreal - Risk?
There is some evidence that moral attitudes towards parenting have changed. Example: leaving children unsupervised is now judged as morally "wrong" and, as such, people overestimate the risk associated with it. #risk #play #parenting #outside
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
Finding the balance: Early Childhood practitioners' views on risk, challenge and safety in outdoor play settings
Extreme safety concerns and risk minimization strategies are eroding children's opportunities to engage in developmentally appropriate risk taking. #DAP #teaching #risk #play #outside
Why good teachers allow a child’s mind to wander and wonder
Our educational climate is often inhospitable to instigating a sense of wonder. #teaching #learning #creativity
Red Paint in the Hair
An oldie but a goodie about messy play and art! #art #play #DAP #creativity #teaching #learning #parenting
