For Your Binder
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
Link between ADHD, academic expectations identified by researchers
In the United States, we’ve decided that increasing academic demands on young children is a good thing. What we haven’t considered, are the potential negative effects. #DAP #movement #teaching #learning #pushdown
A top researcher says it's time to rethink our entire approach to preschool
This is one of the many articles that came out in 2022 in response to what has simply become known as "The #Vanderbilt study. A quote from the article, "We might actually get better results, she says, from simply letting little children play." #play #DAP #teaching #learning #Tennessee
The Power of Play: A research summary on play and learning
This is an impressive overview of the research collected for the Minnesota Children's Museum in 2012. Not surprisingly, White's closing comment implies that while play is under siege, we must not forget that it is play that sets the stage for a strong foundation. #play #teaching #learning #DAP #theorists
16 Outcomes for Early Education
A challenge: Start talking about the 16 Capabilities rather than academic readiness as the desired outcome for ECE programs. Can you imagine every child going to kindergarten having mastered these 16 things?!?! #DAP #play #learning #teaching #pushdown
Also, you are going to want to read more from the author, Tom Drummond and his fantastic work in ECE, so click here to access his full website!
The Many Modes of Experience and Learning: The grandmasters of ECE
A brief peek into Comenius, Locke, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Froebel, Steiner, Montessori, Freud, Erickson and Piaget. Bringing together the WHAT the WHY and the HOW. #learning #teaching #theorists
Let The Kids Learn Through Play
Sooner is NOT better and who decided that "early birds" like worms anyway???
#play #pushdown #learning #teaching
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
All school, no play? Kids' learning suffers without recess, experts say
Schools may be shooting themselves in the foot by taking away recess and playtime that is crucial to a child's growth. #play #recess #outside #movement #teaching #learning
Red Paint in the Hair
An oldie but a goodie about messy play and art! #art #play #DAP #creativity #teaching #learning #parenting
Strategies for Working with Mixed-Age Groups in Early Childhood Education
Grouping children in narrow age cohorts is a fairly new practice! #mixedages #teaching #learning #DAP
The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do
I fell down this amazing rabbit hole after hearing Jack Shonkoff, MD speak at a conference many years ago. Read this (albeit dated) report and then, seriously, carve out a few hours and spend some time exploring the rest of this site - super user friendly, wonderfully up to date and filled with a treasure trove of resources. #DAP #teaching #learning #play
