For Your Binder

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

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

We must have deep relationships with people and with ideas. #teaching #learning #theorists

If you have not heard of him I encourage you to spend some time investigating his website for more resources, courses you can take, interviews, articles... #DAP #play #learning #teaching #relationships #care

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 

This link will jump you over to the collection of Bruce Perry articles housed on the Child Trauma (CT) site. CT strives to translate emerging findings about the human brain and child development into practical implications for the ways we nurture, protect, enrich, educate and heal children.  #DAP #relationships #care #teaching #learning

Patience is rarely necessary when one is understanding. #teaching #learning #care #relationships