For Your Binder

A short article with 10 different ways to build a child's fine and small motor skills! #DAP #play #movement #writing #teaching #learning 

Dr. Johnson has seen children diagnosed with AD/HD or learning disabilities “miraculously” improve when they are taken out of “academic” kindergartens or given an extra year in a developmental kindergarten that emphasizes movement, play, and the integration of their sensory-motor systems.  #DAP #play #teaching #learning #movement #reading #writing

Remember, these are in addition to all those big juicy large motor verbs that are crucial if you want strong hands in the first place!  #DAP #teaching #learning #movement #writing

For very young children, art and early writing skills are one and the same. But this changes over time! This article provides an easy to read overview of the early stages of writing and scribbling.  It also provides user friendly trips on how to encourage creativity while at the same time assisting children in learning that words are powerful and have meaning! #reading #writing #DAP #scribbling #creativity #teaching #learning

What children do physically in the first few years of life plays a major part in how well they will develop all other abilities, including reading, writing, mathematics and creativity. #movement #DAP #parenting #teaching #learning 

To put it bluntly, Guddemi says that lacking fine motor skills is not "fine" in Kindergarten! #teaching #learning #DAP #play #pushdown #reading #writing

While Lisa is not implying that you would interrupt a child at play in order to "get" a story, she does think this is a useful tool to have in our tool belts for when the situation is right. Calling on the work of Bev Bos, Vivian Paley & Barry Sanders, not only does this workshop walk you through a story writing process, it also reminds participants of the importance of orality and that we were a talking species before we were a literate one!! #handouts #DAP #stories #teaching #theorists

While this workshop is now a stand-alone session, it used to be a part of the Books and Stories session that was captured on DVD while back.  Did you miss it? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool  

Authors write. Who the work is deemed "for" is on us. #fairytales #books #stories #reading

Developmental readiness for writing starts with large motor movement and play!  Not worksh*ts and pencils!  You can supplement your gross motor play with the following appropriate fine motor ones! #play #DAP #teaching #learning #movement #writing