For Your Binder
On Becoming a Reflective Teacher
Your values will inform your practice. Read this, then read it again. #teaching #learning
Edutainment? No thanks. I prefer playful learning
Words can make a big difference in how we think and what we do. #play #learning #teaching
Play-based learning
There are 10 play-focused articles in this 65 page document. I'd suggest exploring one article at a time... maybe for an ECE discussion group or perhaps a college class or monthly staff meeting?!? #play #DAP #teaching #learning
Articles, FAQs, Activities & Courses for Teachers
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
Nursery Rhyme Knowledge and Phonological Awareness in Preschool Children
Another paper that reminds us that rhymers become readers! #teaching #learning #DAP #nurseryrhymes
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiage Classrooms in the Era of NCLB Accountability
How can we reap the benefits of The Mix when 8 out of 10 teachers report being opposed to differentiated instruction? #teaching #learning #mixedages
Why Contest Early Childhood?
This essay questions the current dominant discourses in early childhood and offers alternative narratives, perspectives and debates. #teaching
Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School
New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever younger ages, may backfire! #play #teaching #learning #pushdown
Large Motor Games to Play!
This session was being updated right before COVID - bummer - it will get redone for when we can all be back running around and playing games together, but for now, this is the handout for you! Need to see some of the games in action? Consider getting Lisa's DVD of the same title! #movement #outside #recess #DAP #play #handouts #teaching
Play & Ambiguity
Might some of the chaos found in the study of play theory be due to the lack of clarity about the popular cultural rhetorics that underlie the various play theories and play terms? This link will take you to a stand alone chapter (written by Sutton-Smith) of The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology by Katie Salen & Eric Zimmerman, 2006. If Sutton-Smith is new to you, this will be a good warm-up before you dive into his 1997 classic, The Ambiguity of Play. #play #theorists
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
