For Your Binder
Multiple Intelligences Theory
Lisa uses Howard Gardner's existing framework as a platform to stretch ourselves out of our comfort zones to make sure our classrooms are making room for everyone - not just the kids we like. #handouts #teaching #learning #DAP #theorists
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
Play-Based Learning Leads to School Readiness
Play and learning are deeply intertwined. Like yin and yang, play and learning are not only complementary, they are additive, the sum is always greater than their parts. #play #pushdown #DAP #learning
What is a Schema?
This is a 9 page PDF that will give you an overview of schema play theory! Flying Start gives credit to Sally Featherstone at the end of the document and the book she edited entitled, Again! Again! #schema #play #movement
On Fairy Stories
Here is the full text of the essay Tolkein presented (in an abbreviated form) in 1938 at St. Andrews, Scotland. A couple of my favorite quotes: "If fairy story as a kind is worth reading at all it is worthy to be written for and ready by adults." And, "It may be better for them (children) to read some things, especially fairy stories, that are beyond their measure rather than short of it. Their books like their clothes should allow for growth, and their books at any rate should encourage it." #books #stories #fairytales #reading
Let's Get Dirty! Why Being Too Clean Isn't Always Better
Is your child getting enough bacteria? #play #outside #nature
Playgrounds, kids and making trouble
May your playground be filled with little troublemaking revolutionaries! #playgrounds #play #parenting #outside #panopticon
I work with kids. Here’s why they’re consumed with anxiety. It’s not social media.
Tension without intention. #teaching #learning #play #technology #resilience #pushdown
Where are the people of color in children’s books? A retrospective.
The reason I used this link for you is because within it you will be able to access a few other articles that give historical and more recent (2014) context to this ongoing topic. The other reason is because this website as a whole is a fantastic resource for making sure your book area is providing windows, sliding glass doors and mirrors for everyone! #books #stories #DAP #language #literacy #equity #diversity #teaching #learning #reading
It’s in the Mix. An Exploratory Study of a Mixed Age Group Model in West Dublin
Play in a mixed age group is more creative than competitive. #mixedages #play #learning #teaching #DAP
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
Technology Redefined, or maybe just clarified
I believe that by clarifying definitions we can show that children can be provided “opportunities to interact with technology” without having to plug anything in. #play #DAP #teaching #learning #technology #screens
The American Journal of Play
You can access the articles within The American Journal of Play free online or pay a nominal fee and have the journal mailed to you. The journal started in 2008 and is a scholarly yet accessible resource for your next college paper, deep dive into a specific interest area, or to show the wolves that, Yes Virginia, we are a scholarly profession! And BONUS! There is a search function within the journal section so you can drill down and get exactly what you were looking for! #play #teaching #learning #DAP
