For Your Binder
Building fine motor skills and why it matters
A short article with 10 different ways to build a child's fine and small motor skills! #DAP #play #movement #writing #teaching #learning
When schools reopen, don’t neglect recess
A call for recess to serve as a restorative space when schools (re)open. #play #DAP #recess #equity #teaching #learning #outside
Rough and Tumble Play
This is a link to a nice (yet brief) overview of the benefits of rough and tumble play. BONUS! There are some great resources listed at the end, including a few YouTube videos! #play #DAP #powerplaying
Leave Those Kids Alone: Childhood is more than merely a springboard to adulthood
Childhood should be a deep well, full of rich, individual perceptions and experience to which you can return for sustenance throughout life. #play
Let Kids Play With Fire, and Other Rules for Good Parenting
A Q/A session with Gever Tulley, co-author of Fifty Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do #risk #play #DAP #outside #parenting #teaching
Play Therapy Themes
Wondering how play therapists choose materials?? #DAP #play #playtherapy
Remove the Bubble Wrap: Why Over-Protection Hinders Healthy Child Development
If we don’t allow children the freedom to move their bodies in different ways with simple challenges, how do we expect them to become capable of navigating their environment without getting hurt? Risks and challenges are important for healthy sensory and motor development and this article will assist you in really understanding why!
#play #risk #movement #outside #teaching #learning #DAP
The Crisis in Early Education: A Research-Base Case for More Play and Less Pressure
Policymakers persist in ignoring the huge discrepancy between what we know about how young children learn and what we actually do in preschools and kindergartens. #play #pushdown #teaching #learning #DAP
Tear Down Your Behavior Chart!
First. Do. No. Harm. Stop doing stuff to kids you wouldn't want anyone doing to you! #teaching #learning #DAP #relationships
Facing the Screen Dilemma: Young children, technology and early education
This is a fantastic resource for parents and teachers alike. This must-read includes recommendations about screen based tech in early childhood settings as well as a list of suggested readings. #DAP #play #screens #technology #teaching #learning #parenting
Circles Are For Squares! Making Time for Books and Stories!
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
16 Outcomes for Early Education
A challenge: Start talking about the 16 Capabilities rather than academic readiness as the desired outcome for ECE programs. Can you imagine every child going to kindergarten having mastered these 16 things?!?! #DAP #play #learning #teaching #pushdown
Also, you are going to want to read more from the author, Tom Drummond and his fantastic work in ECE, so click here to access his full website!
