For Your Binder
On the Importance of Fairy Tales: Should we continue to read these frightening stories to our children?
This remains my go-to rationale as to why my forever answer to this ongoing question will be a resounding and unyielding, YES. #fairytales #stories #reading #books
Fussy babies, worried families and a new service network
This is a link to the Erikson Institute's resource for families who are feeling frustrated. #DAP #zerotothree #infants #babies #playtherapy
Visualizing Spaces of Childhood
This article explores the connection between our image of the child and our understanding of children’s spaces. #playgrounds #play #panopticon
100+ Things Kids Don't Like
Whether writing picture books or choosing ones to read - this list might assist! #books #stories #reading #KidLit
Fairplay: Childhood Beyond Brands
Fairplay (formerly Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood) is an independent voice standing up for what kids and families really need. Fairplay is committed to creating a world where kids can be kids, free from the false promises of marketers and the manipulations of Big Tech. There are tons of resources for you here via this link. #play #DAP #parenting #screens #technology
The Internet of Toys
Hmmmmm can we still trust those bears and dolls? #toys #play #technology
5 Benefits of Mixed-Age Classrooms in Preschool
A good overview of the benefits of The Mix, but the reason it's here is for the modified image of Vygotsky's ZPD, which I really liked! #teaching #learning #theorists #mixedages #DAP
The Vital Role of Play in Early Childhood Education
This is a link to an essay which was published in a few books, including All Work and No Play... How Educational Reforms Are Harming Our Preschoolers, edited by Sharna Olfman. After reading this stand alone essay you might decide that you need the whole book. You might also start to wonder how many more essays and articles and books we need to write before folks believe us and the power of play! #play #DAP #pushdown #teaching #learning #theorists
No Dentist Left Behind
Here's the backstory: The author, John Taylor, is a retired superintendent of schools in Lancaster, S.C., he offered this history about the essay he wrote while leading that district:
The parody was originally titled "Absolutely the Best Dentists." It was written and sent to every newspaper and legislator in South Carolina a number of years ago in an attempt to point out the absurdities inherent in South Carolina's then new accountability act which was focused on absolute performance and threatened retention for every child who couldn't meet very challenging grade level standards. (Not to mention severe penalties for "poorly performing" schools, teachers and administrators.) Since then it has traveled widely to the point that I have not been able to keep up with the uses; but I know it has appeared in teacher association publications in at least three Canadian Provinces and in Australia, as well as dozens in the USA. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) seems to have given the story a new life. Thus: No Dentist Left Behind.
#pushdown #DAP #play #teaching #learning
Giant in the nursery - Jean Piaget
From the New York Times archives! A deep look at Jean Piaget! #learning #teaching #theorists #parenting
