For Your Binder
Learning to Write and Draw
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
Let's Get Dirty! Why Being Too Clean Isn't Always Better
Is your child getting enough bacteria? #play #outside #nature
The New Preschool is Crushing Kids: Young children are working more, but learning less
Kindergarten now serves as a gatekeeper, not a welcome mat, to elementary school. #play #pushdown #teaching
Setting Children Up to Hate Reading
The American Academy of Pediatrics reminds us that the critical factor as to how a student will learn to read “is not how aggressively,” the child is given instruction, but rather their “own enthusiasm for learning” yet still, we push. #DAP #reading #teaching #learning #pushdown #play #parenting
Dressing the Part
Are we disguising bad teaching with nice clothes??? #teaching
Seeing Children do More with Less
Toes not toys! #play #DAP #looseparts #teaching #learning #environment
Schemas and Young Children's Learning
How CAN you spot a schema? Check out this PDF to find out! #schema #play #movement
Why Children Might Benefit From a “Combination” Classroom
Nine advantages of blended classrooms! #DAP #learning #teaching #mixedages
Stop Trying to Make Kids “Ready” for Kindergarten
Another opportunity to (re)consider what we mean by readiness. #DAP #pushdown #play #teaching #learning
Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Activity in Healthy Children ages 10 - 16
Self efficacy = believing that one can successfully perform a desired task or behavior. Programs for (young) children that encourage movement and exercise might be setting the stage for a more physically active adolescence. #movement #DAP #recess #outside #resilience
A Plot to Zap the Nap
Childhood naps are neat. Without them, little people grow up to become airhead administrators. #pushdown #play #DAP #teaching #learning
