For Your Binder

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

This article explores the connection between our image of the child and our understanding of children’s spaces. #playgrounds #play #panopticon

Competence improves with experience and the knowledge and practice that comes with it! This is a link to the revised (1995) version of Katz' original paper; a link to the original paper from 1972 can be accessed here. #teaching #learning

Play is a state of mind, but it is also a state of body, emotion, and spirit.  #play #teaching #learning #creativity

Sometimes it takes teachers AND parents to bring educational policies in-line with what we know about the importance of recess. #recess #play #teaching #learning #DAP #outside #movement

In spite of the fact that the vital importance of play in young children’s development has been shown in study after study, many people (still) (unfortunately) believe that play is a waste of time in school. #play #DAP #pushdown #teaching #learning

When it feels like common sense and everyone should just "know it" (but they don't) it can be affirming to read about why it feels that way.  Bottom-up behaviors are instinctual and unintentional. Top-down ones are deliberate and intentional. There is a difference. And how we approach them needs to be differentiated as well! #teaching #learning #relationships #specialed #expulsion #environment

A current and concise overview - especially if the concept of a neuromyth is new to you! #teaching #learning

In this blog post Jarrod answers a question about mixed age groupings. #DAP #learning #teaching #mixedages

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

The nursery (pre)school should be an extension of the family outward rather than of the elementary school downward. #mixedages #DAP #learning #teaching

In 2021 Rhonda Johnson from Community Playthings published highlights from my Being Child Centered Book in their email newsletter, Community Playthings Connect. Needless to say, I was beyond surprised and very honored! #play #teaching #learning #inthenews