For Your Binder

Metaphors allow the child to protect the self and project the experience onto another object which is much less threatening. #play #playtherapy #fairytales

The problem here is that ABA addresses the child's behaviors, not the child's needs. #DAP #teaching #learning #specialed

Whether you are looking to teach yourself or others, this is a valuable resource you will want to have at the ready! #equity #gender #teaching #learning

At the heart of this zero-sum game are assumptions that rigorous content requires work, while play is frivolous. #teaching #learning #DAP #play

Twelve important points that would still be relevant even if the copyright date was 1800! #play #teaching #learning #DAP

Is your child getting enough bacteria?  #play #outside #nature

This article begs the question, why are we so hellbent on, "bigger! better! faster! sooner! now!" ?? #DAP #play #pushdown #teaching #learning #parenting     

Disclosure: if you have been waiting for a "good reason" to subscribe to the NYT to access some of the articles I post, this might just be it.

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 

Whether PRO or CON - what is the intention behind your choice? Originally penned in 2006 but revised before posting here on the new website, you will find this to be a handy resource when considering the age old debate of using food in the classroom!  #play #teaching 

FUN FACT! Mother Nature installed the “play drive” for the same reason she installed that other drive – the drive to reproduce: BOTH are critical for the species to continue. (In fact, play makes you into the kind of person someone would want to reproduce WITH.)  #play #teaching #learning

Taking a cue from the bees! #DAP #play #teaching #learning

Life isn't always separated by age! There is magic in the mix!  #mixedages #DAP #learning #teaching