For Your Binder

I think it's fair to say that singing and hand clapping games play a relevant role in a child's life both culturally and developmentally.  In this paper, the authors defend the idea that clapping games play a big part of girlhood in Catalonia (Spain).  #recess #play #songs #DAP #playground

This is a bit lengthy and quite dated.  Of Note: there is no publication date provided, but it references stats from the 1990s so while I wouldn't advise quoting the numbers, the general overarching premise is timely: the wildest colts make the best horses.  Are we medicating to truly assist? Or to increase compliance within a broken system?  #teaching #learning #DAP #movement

Rae shares with us the three things she's been hearing all across the country in regard to children and their development. Sadly, they probably won't surprise you.  #play #DAP #movement 

The purpose of the paper is to explore the current state of recess, identify best recess practices and disseminate effective ways to advocate for recess. #recess #play #outside #movement #teaching

This link will bring you to a very generous "snippets of the paper" page, it includes more than just the abstract though and some of you might have institutional access to the full study.   There has been little exploration into risky play in the context of urban neighborhoods so this study does just that. Not surprisingly, the study finds that there are enormous inequities in the distribution of wealth within cities which directly and indirectly impact outdoor play and hoe play spaces are maintained.  #play #outside #risk #environment #equity

This article provides four concise answers to the question, Why do children need fairy tales?  #fairytales #stories #books #reading

This was my first exposure to playwork as a "discipline" and seeing the playground as therapeutic space; as healing.  #playwork #play 

Words can make a big difference in how we think and what we do. #play #learning #teaching

Policymakers persist in ignoring the huge discrepancy between what we know about how young children learn and what we actually do in preschools and kindergartens. #play #pushdown #teaching #learning #DAP

Toes not toys!  #play #DAP #looseparts #teaching #learning #environment

If consensual control is embedded in the design, maybe Disney order might be so Mickey Mouse after all!  #panopticon 

This page is another rabbit hole of goodness, but I specifically linked you here to the info about neuromyth 3, aka: the learning styles because while I believe ECE to some degree has been influenced by all of the myths (myself included) I tend to still see and hear this one the most.  #teaching #learning