For Your Binder
Tear Down Your Behavior Chart!
First. Do. No. Harm. Stop doing stuff to kids you wouldn't want anyone doing to you! # teaching # learning # DAP # relationships
Using Mixed-Age Groups to Support Continuity of Care in Center-Based Programs
Mixed-age groupings create a frame for deepening relationships for staff with children and their families. # mixedages # DAP # teaching # learning
On Thinking & Teaching: A conversation with Eleanor Duckworth
We must have deep relationships with people and with ideas. # teaching # learning # theorists
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Behaviors: Understanding the critical difference
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
Curiosity: The Fuel of Development
Read the article, then print out the table! Keep it handy and share it too! It's a fantastic visual resource and reminder of the power of exploration and play! # play # DAP # teaching # learning # relationships # care
A Look Back: Caring about Caring
The Phi Delta Kappan takes a look back and considers the importance of caring about caring; including an article previously shared # page_scan_tab_contents">here. # relationships # caring # learning # teaching
After 100 years of the Same Teaching Model It's Time to Throw Out the Playbook
It's time to change the direction of the arrow! # teaching # relationships # environment
The Invisible Curriculum of Care
"I didn't get a master's degree to change diapers!" # care # relationships # teaching
What Does it Mean to Care?
It's time to dismantle the hierarchy of importance between activities such as helping a child put on their coat and teaching them a new word. # care # relationships # teaching
Patience or Understanding?
Patience is rarely necessary when one is understanding. # teaching # learning # care # relationships
Why Attachment Parenting Is Not the Same as Secure Attachment
In my infant workshops I often remind the audience that attachment parenting (as a style) is different than understanding the theory of attachment. This article, which successfully outlines the differences between the two, is one of the best I have ever read. Additionally, in an age/stage format, it provides a sidebar overview of what secure attachment looks like. Whether you are working with 0-3 age group or not, this is a very important article to have at your fingertips! # DAP # teaching # learning # parenting # relationships # zerotothree
Day care or preschool? It's not just semantics
An unfortunate side effect of the growing recognition of the early years as learning years is that some people get hyperactive about it. # parenting # learning # teaching # DAP # care # relationships
