We often say that young children learn through play. We say that play is children’s work. What does research tell us young children gain through play? A recent article in Psychology Today and results of a 15-year longitudinal study, published in Family Science, provide some answers. As the Psychology Today article notes, there is more [...]
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How Do Young Children Learn Through Play?
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Play, Research on May 7, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Early Math Skills Lay Foundation for Later Learning
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Science & math on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Writing recently in Education Week, Deborah Stipek, Alan Schoenfeld, and Deanna Gomby call for increased attention to building children’s math skills in early learning settings. Citing research that links early math skills with later academic progress – including math and reading skills in second and third grade – they call for developmentally appropriate instruction in [...]
In Quotes
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Quotes, Standards and curriculum on March 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“We have to be careful that those [Common Core State] standards, particularly as they extend downward, appropriately recognize these important social, communication, and self-regulation skills that are really as critical for kids’ learning in those early and later years as whether they know the alphabet.” Robert Pianta, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, December [...]
In Quotes
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Quotes on March 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
“Through play children build the foundation they need to understand the concepts they learn in school, but play offers an even deeper benefit as well. Through play children continually regain their sense of equilibrium, which is what allows them to greet learning tasks in school with openness and confidence—to have the emotional and mental readiness [...]
Touring Children’s Museum with PlaySpace Creator
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Early Learning Challenge on March 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Boston Children’s Museum on Fort Point Channel is teeming with children and parents during school vacation week. So it’s a good time for Jeri Robinson, vice president for education and family learning, to lead me on a guided tour of some of the museum’s early learning spaces. On the way, we pass children scrambling [...]
In Quotes
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Quotes on March 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“As digital technology has expanded in scope beyond linear, non-interactive media to include interactive options, it is evident that each unique screen demands its own criteria for best usage. The challenge for early childhood educators is to make informed choices that maximize learning opportunities for children while managing screen time and mediating the potential for [...]
Guidance Offered on Technology in Early Education
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice on March 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Over the course of the next several days, I’ll be writing about technology and young children. First up is a look at the newly released position statement – “Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8” – from the National Association for the Education of Young [...]
Use Talk to Help Children Learn through Play
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Language development, Play on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A recent column from Education Week — “5 Tips for Talking to Children at Play” – has me thinking about a story that Doreen Anzalone, the early educator who stars in our “Back to School” YouTube production, told me. She and the children in her pre-kindergarten class were playing with a pile of snow at [...]
“Sidewalk” Field Trips Boost Children’s Early Literacy
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Language development, Play, Pre-K to 3, Reading proficiency on February 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When Dao Krings, a second-grade teacher at P.S. 145 in New York City, asked how many students had never been inside a car, Tyler Rodriguez was one of several students who raised their hands. “I’ve been inside a bus,” the boy said. “Does that count?” The anecdote illustrates why teachers at the Brooklyn school regularly [...]
Toy Building Blocks Enjoy a Comeback
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Play on February 9, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Good old-fashioned blocks, those smooth rectangles and squares that become fanciful structures in children’s hands, are enjoying a resurgence. The New York Times, citing a growing realization that something valuable is lost when there’s no time for play time, finds a renewed interest in blocks is “sweeping through some elite swaths of New York’s education [...]
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