Teaching Children to Check Their Own Behavior They need self-control not just for moving safely in the classroom, tossing a ball gently for a greeting, and eating politely in the cafeteria but also for working independently on a writing… Continue Reading
“In fact, sevens can be extremely moody, sulking and sometimes depressed. They are often content to spend long periods in their rooms, alone by choice, reading or listening to music or playing with animals or dolls.” I remember this age… Continue Reading
10 Year Olds “Outdoor play is as critical for preadolescent children as it is for children in early childhood.” This is proven and stated over and over again. So then why are so many schools cutting back on the amount… Continue Reading
“Like their privacy; Like to work alone or with one friend.” “Like working in confined spaces.” I found these points interesting because they are a huge shift from what six year old’s prefer. When I was taking DAP last semester,… Continue Reading
Classroom Spaces That Work “Learn best through discovery; like process more than product” (from Key Growth Patterns of Six-Year-Olds) I found this interesting knowing that students around six are typically in 1st grade. I am in a 1st grade fieldwork… Continue Reading
“Avoid passive screen time. While some parents may claim that baby videos calm an otherwise fussy child, there is little research to suggest that infants and toddlers learn from watching videos. If infants are distressed, they need the comfort… Continue Reading
“In this young girl’s classroom—and arguably, most first-grade classrooms across the United States—there are few, if any, transitional chapter series books that feature characters of color. There is something glaringly wrong with this picture.” This is something that, since it’s… Continue Reading
“Youth culture (specifically hip-hop) offers some important opportunities for changing the way we think, learn, perceive, and perform in the world. Despite being a global cultural form, it is still largely absent in the sanctioned university curriculum.” While this is… Continue Reading
Ableism can be briefly described as the belief that it is better or superior not to have disability than to have one and that it is better to do things in a way no disabled people do. ● This concept… Continue Reading
“These assumptions can be based upon negative stereotypes as well as a lack of understanding of disability issues, such as efficiency (where it is just as efficent to roll as to walk from one class to another) or difference (that… Continue Reading