For Your Binder
A Plot to Zap the Nap
Childhood naps are neat. Without them, little people grow up to become airhead administrators. #pushdown #play #DAP #teaching #learning
Why kids should go barefoot more (and probably adults, too)
Our feet were healthier before we started wearing shoes! #play #risk #outside #movement
Oh Those Little Ones
If you work with the wee bairns this one is for you! While the theory applies to all ages, if you are needing a few fresh ideas for the little ones, this handout will assist. And while there are activities in the handout, please please please remember it's never ever about the activities; it is about the caring, the connecting, the relationships and attachment! If those ingredients are missing, it doesn't matter how pretty the room is or how much stuff you got! #handouts #care #relationships #DAP #teaching #theorists
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
First Days of Preschool
The first days of preschool can be stressful for everyone. In this short but helpful article, Lillian Katz offers a few ideas that might assist both parents and teachers. #environment #learning #teaching #relationships #care
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
Return to Kindergarten: A “Garden of Children” or “the New First Grade”?
Kindergarten should be the graduate school of fantasy play! Where did we go wrong? #play #DAP #theorists #teaching #learning
Conference notes from Chris Martin, PhD
These are the notes Lisa took from a lecture sponsored by IPA WORLD. Chris Martin shared highlights from his dissertation topic: Everyday assemblages, affect and agency: children's intra-actions with smart phones in outdoor play. #playwork #conferencenotes #play #tech #technology #environment #outside
The Having of Wonderful Ideas
An excerpt from her book of essays of the same title, it'll whet your whistle and make you realize you need to get the book! #DAP #teaching #learning #theorists
Teacher Memories: Support or Hindrance to Good Practice?
Are our elementary school memories influencing how we are doing early childhood even though (we know) many of those practices are not developmentally appropriate? #DAP #teaching #learning
Early Social-Emotional Functioning and Public Health: The Relationship Between Kindergarten Social Competence and Future Wellness
A 20 year study reinforcing what we've know for years; that being able to get your shovel back is a pretty important skill. #DAP #play #teaching #learning
Let Kids Play With Fire, and Other Rules for Good Parenting
A Q/A session with Gever Tulley, co-author of Fifty Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do #risk #play #DAP #outside #parenting #teaching
The Play Cycle Observation Method (PCOM): A Pilot Study
This pilot study of the Play Cycle Observation Method (PCOM) provides a method to record the process of play as outlined by Sturrock and Else (1998) in the aforementioned Colorado Paper. #play #playwork
