For Your Binder
In The News: It All Takes Time! Developing Essential Lifelong Skills Through Play
In 2021 Rhonda Johnson from Community Playthings published highlights from my Being Child Centered Book in their email newsletter, Community Playthings Connect. Needless to say, I was beyond surprised and very honored! #play #teaching #learning #inthenews
Setting up a Process-Oriented Classroom: Learning from the Journey in a "Yes-Environment"
Getting closer to YES! #teaching #learning #art #creativity #play
Ooey Gooey® Squishy Plop! Sensory Play for Every Day!
This is the one that started it all! This handout is not only full of art, science & sensory recipes and activity ideas, it's got the words to tell the wolves for you too! You know, the folks who barge in and want to know what everyone is learning and what standard you are meeting!! #handouts #play #sensory #science #DAP #art #teaching
Need more ideas? Lisa has 3 other activity focused books!
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
Mixed-Age Classrooms Provide Optimal Learning Environment
The nursery (pre)school should be an extension of the family outward rather than of the elementary school downward. #mixedages #DAP #learning #teaching
Playing to Learn! The Connection between the Body and the Brain
What children do physically in the first few years of life plays a major part in how well they will develop all other abilities, including reading, writing, mathematics and creativity. #movement #DAP #parenting #teaching #learning
The school where kids can build dens
The author states that his guide on the visit said the den building was not an adult idea: it originated from children’s spontaneous activity. #dens #forts #play #outside #teaching
The Changing Function of the Fairy Tale
It's impossible to define a fairy tale as a literary genre because it has become more of a cultural institution than anything else. #fairytales #stories #reading #books
Early Childhood Art Education: A palimpsest
Learning to blur the boundaries between facilitating and instigating in an attempt to define how to teach, without teaching. #art #creativity #teaching #learning
Thirteen 13 things you don't know about tears
No one is really sure WHY we cry - but there are lots of theories. For me it can be a true feeling of sadness but I think it is often a purge of emotion. A clearing. A cleansing. Bev Bos used to say that "if the eyes are the window to the soul then tears are what keeps the windows clean" #playtherapy
Speaking Out for Play-Based Learning: Becoming and effective advocate for play in the early childhood classroom
The first step in advocating for children's play is to clarify your own values and philosophical orientation! #play #teaching
Five tips to make school bookshelves more diverse and five books to get you started
You do not need to live in down under to benefit from the tips on how to build a more diverse story book collection that are shared in this article by Australian author Helen Joanne Adam. BONUS! This is one of those great resources where the links within the link will all be beneficial for you and your exploration of this topic! #equity #books #stories #teaching #learning
Alternative Narratives in Early Childhood, Or Why Contest Early Childhood?
In this article the author introduces readers to the newest book in the Contesting Early Childhood Series entitled, Alternative Narratives in Early Childhood in which Moss explores two key terms: narratives and dominant discourses. A quote from the author, "My hope is that the dominant discourse will be put back in its place as just one of many stories as a local narrative that once upon a time got beyond itself and claimed to be the universal truth." #teaching
