For Your Binder
The New Preschool is Crushing Kids: Young children are working more, but learning less
Kindergarten now serves as a gatekeeper, not a welcome mat, to elementary school. #play #pushdown #teaching
Lisa Murphy on... PLAY
The findings consistently show that the foundation is what supports the house! Want a huge academic mansion? Then make the foundation rock solid! This is the handout that goes with the workshop that goes with the book of the same title! #play #DAP #pushdown #teaching #handouts
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool
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
No Time for Napping in Today's Kindergarten
It's only October, but already Nicky is exhibiting symptoms of student ennui. The other day, when his mother asked him the best thing about school, he said lunch. Most boring? Art history. Sound typical? Perhaps. Except Nicky isn't a moody adolescent - Nicky is only 5. #pushdown #DAP #play #teaching #learning
Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School
New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever younger ages, may backfire! #play #teaching #learning #pushdown
The Vital Role of Play in Early Childhood Education
This is a link to an essay which was published in a few books, including All Work and No Play... How Educational Reforms Are Harming Our Preschoolers, edited by Sharna Olfman. After reading this stand alone essay you might decide that you need the whole book. You might also start to wonder how many more essays and articles and books we need to write before folks believe us and the power of play! #play #DAP #pushdown #teaching #learning #theorists
Why kids deserve a preschool that lets them play
A push-down curriculum isn’t helping kids to get ahead, it’s simply ignoring the critical role of the foundation. #play #DAP #parenting #pushdown #teaching #learning
What is Happening to Fine Motor Development?
To put it bluntly, Guddemi says that lacking fine motor skills is not "fine" in Kindergarten! #teaching #learning #DAP #play #pushdown #reading #writing
Moving up the Grades: Relationship between Preschool Model and Later School Success
Children's later school success appears to have been enhanced by more active, child-initiated early learning experiences. This link will let you access the full article; and it's a good one! #play #DAP #teaching #learning #pushdown
Kindergarten Cram: Toss out the No. 2 pencils and let them play
This article begs the question, why are we so hellbent on, "bigger! better! faster! sooner! now!" ?? #DAP #play #pushdown #teaching #learning #parenting
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Students Who Lose Recess Are the Ones Who Need It Most
Despite evidence that play and social interactions are crucial to cognitive development, schools continue to take recess away. #recess #teaching #learning #outside #movement #DAP #pushdown
A state-funded pre-K program led to ‘significantly negative effects’ for kids in Tennessee
Here is another article that emerged in response to the final results of the #Vanderbilt study which came out in early 2022. From the article: "By 6th grade, children in the #Tennessee state funded Pre-K program did worse than their peers (who didn't attend) in measures of academic achievement and behavior. In some pre-K programs, something is not better than nothing." #play #DAP #teaching #learning #pushdown
