For Your Binder

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

This study attempts to explain the underlying processes that contribute to the well-documented racial disparities in school readiness, educational achievement and in later life opportunity. #teaching #learning #equity #implicitbias #expulsion

First. Do. No. Harm.  Stop doing stuff to kids you wouldn't want anyone doing to you!  #teaching #learning #DAP #relationships

An oldie but a goodie about messy play and art! #art #play #DAP #creativity #teaching #learning #parenting

A report on the value of children's play and a series of policy recommendations.  This report is very UK/EU centric but the data points are still applicable, even some 10 odd years later!  #play #DAP #teaching #learning #parenting

Extreme safety concerns and risk minimization strategies are eroding children's opportunities to engage in developmentally appropriate risk taking. #DAP #teaching #risk #play #outside

Schools can be more than just institutions that regulate childhood; they can be something else! #learning #teaching

The title has changed over the years but the message hasn't - why do we continue to interrupt engaged children to come to a meeting???  #books #stories #play #teaching #handouts

Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool  

This page is another rabbit hole of goodness, but I specifically linked you here to the info about neuromyth 3, aka: the learning styles because while I believe ECE to some degree has been influenced by all of the myths (myself included) I tend to still see and hear this one the most.  #teaching #learning

This article is adapted from Paul Tough's 2016 book, Helping Children Succeed: What works and why  #teaching #learning #DAP #resilience #play

Present company excluded, it is often a surprise that characteristics such as persistence, self control and curiosity are more important than sheer brainpower when it comes to being "successful"  #play #resilience #DAP #teaching #learning 

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This was first in a bunch of articles written in 2006 affectionally referred to as The Taboo Topics. Revised in 2022, you might find this one to be valuable the next time the topic of using shaving cream comes up! #play #teaching