For Your Binder
Red Paint in the Hair
An oldie but a goodie about messy play and art! #art #play #DAP #creativity #teaching #learning #parenting
Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School
New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever younger ages, may backfire! #play #teaching #learning #pushdown
Monkey Bars Are a Menace! They broke my daughter’s arm. Why are they still around?
Short of cocooning our darlings in bubble wrap, nothing’s going to keep them completely safe. #play #outside #risk #movement #parenting #teaching #playgrounds
Sorry, There’s No Easy Toolkit for Social-Emotional Learning. But It’s Worth the Work
What are we waiting for? Sometimes I think we lost our faith in play. #DAP #learning #teaching
Strategies for Working with Mixed-Age Groups in Early Childhood Education
Grouping children in narrow age cohorts is a fairly new practice! #mixedages #teaching #learning #DAP
The influence of the number of toys in the environment on toddlers' play
It's only the abstract to the study, but the message is still clear: fewer toys leads to increased focus and more creative play. #play #toys #teaching #learning #environment
The Fragile Generation
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed. #risk #parenting #resilience #play
Distinctions between Academic and Intellectual Goals in Early Childhood Education
A classic. #DAP #teaching #learning
Crisis in the Kindergarten
In spite of the fact that the vital importance of play in young children’s development has been shown in study after study, many people (still) (unfortunately) believe that play is a waste of time in school. #play #DAP #pushdown #teaching #learning
The Importance of Play
From the Atlantic Monthly, March, 1987
The way a child wants to play is often very different from the way their parents want them to, the child however, knows best! #play #DAP #learning #teaching
Decentering Whiteness, Part II
Twenty years later.... still committed to the creation of a society which revolves around a multiracial center. #teaching #learning #equity
The role of doll play in language development
I happened upon this article while reading a newsletter that covers the happenings of the toy industry. The part that caught my eye was this: research found children talked more about others’ thoughts and emotions, a concept known as internal state language (ISL), when playing with dolls than while playing tablet games. I mean we know this, right?!? But I just love love love when someone does the math to prove it. Access the full study here. More fuel for our #play fire! #toys #learning #DAP #screens #technology
