For Your Binder
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
Oh Those Little Ones
If you work with the wee bairns this one is for you! While the theory applies to all ages, if you are needing a few fresh ideas for the little ones, this handout will assist. And while there are activities in the handout, please please please remember it's never ever about the activities; it is about the caring, the connecting, the relationships and attachment! If those ingredients are missing, it doesn't matter how pretty the room is or how much stuff you got! # handouts # care # relationships # DAP # teaching # theorists
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! # oldschool
Teacher Memories: Support or Hindrance to Good Practice?
Are our elementary school memories influencing how we are doing early childhood even though (we know) many of those practices are not developmentally appropriate? # DAP # teaching # learning
Does early reading instruction help reading in the long-term? A review of empirical evidence
In a nutshell - nope. Read it anyway and get the details! # DAP # teaching # learning # reading # play
On Thinking & Teaching: A conversation with Eleanor Duckworth
We must have deep relationships with people and with ideas. # teaching # learning # theorists
The Importance of Play
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
Has Direct Instruction Banished Exploration? Not So Fast!
I'll take Door # 2 please, any day every day and all day! # play # teaching # learning
New Research Ignites Debate on the 30 Million Word Gap
Too small of a sample? Racially biased? Data too old? # parenting # learning # teaching # DAP
Fizzle Bubble Pop and WOW! Simple Science for Young Children
Remember what Steve Spangler teaches us - they aren't doing science until they start asking questions! Here are some ideas to get you started. Remember you need TIME just as much as you need vinegar! Repeat repeat repeat! DO IT AGAIN! # science # handouts # play # DAP # teaching
Need more ideas? Lisa has 3 other activity focused books!
Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! # oldschool
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
Government Watchdog Finds Racial Bias in School Discipline
Black students were the only race where both boys and girls were disproportionately disciplined across six disciplinary actions examined, which included corporal punishment, in- and out-of-school suspensions, expulsions and school-related arrests. # implicitbias # teaching # expulsion # equity
