For Your Binder
The real reason children fidget - and what we can do about it
This is a fantastic SPOT ON 7 minute Ted Talk video with Balanced and Barefoot author, Angela Hanscom, that concisely sums up WHY children need to move and HOW to go about making sure they do! But don't just watch it and agree with it, DO IT! #play #outside #movement #recess #risk #resilience #teaching #learning #nature
The Invisible Curriculum of Care
"I didn't get a master's degree to change diapers!" #care #relationships #teaching
Implicit bias: The problem and how to interrupt it. Plus, the beads test
It's not just what is said, it is what is unsaid. Maybe conduct the bead test at your next staff meeting?!? #implicitbias #teaching
Please, "go outside and play"
Unfortunately, “going out to play” has gone the way of the dodo, the typewriter and the eight-track tape. #outside #play #parenting #risk #resilience
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Beyond the Investment Narrative
In this article we read about the author's reservations with the investment narrative so often mentioned when talking about the value and benefits of early childhood programs. #teaching
Has Direct Instruction Banished Exploration? Not So Fast!
I'll take Door #2 please, any day every day and all day! #play #teaching #learning
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
The State of Early Childhood Three Things That Have Changed Since I Became an Early Childhood Consultant
Rae shares with us the three things she's been hearing all across the country in regard to children and their development. Sadly, they probably won't surprise you. #play #DAP #movement
Nursery University: a reaction piece
I watched the film Nursery University back in 2011. It highlights a few NYC families and their stressful attempts to frantically get their children into the “right” preschool/nursery school. Here is a link to the trailer. My reaction comments are here as well. #pushdown #parenting #play #teaching #learning
J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There’s No Such Thing as Writing “For Children”
Authors write. Who the work is deemed "for" is on us. #fairytales #books #stories #reading
The Many Modes of Experience and Learning: The grandmasters of ECE
A brief peek into Comenius, Locke, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Froebel, Steiner, Montessori, Freud, Erickson and Piaget. Bringing together the WHAT the WHY and the HOW. #learning #teaching #theorists
Handprint Turkeys, STEP ASIDE! Embracing process art in early childhood programs
Originally entitled, BEYOND PINTEREST! Amen! #art #creativity #teaching #play #learning
