What if the best thing we could do for our children is just to leave them alone? Jay Griffiths on why modern parenting is making our children miserable
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New research says that background television may be affecting your child's development. Delete the scoop?
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We learned that in some books pictures had labels around them to help the reader learn more about the topic. K1PA decided to try labeling together and what better thing to label than our class... Delete the scoop?
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Reggio Emilia: A parent-sponsored approach has revolutionized the education of young children in Reggio Emilia. Delete the scoop?
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What is your image of a child? How we view children depends on our place in time and our culture. Children have been variously viewed as a source of labour, as the wide-eyed innocent, as creatures to manage or control, and as beings that need to be trained properly to become the “right” kind of adult. 
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by Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD. This article discusses the research of Dr. Dimitri Christakis, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. His studies link over-stimulation from early television watching to ADHD in later school life. Delete the scoop?
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A few weeks ago, I had the chance to visit the Whatcom Museum here in Bellingham...
...The space is really an interactive museum for children of all ages, with options ranging from open ended construction to more structured offerings. Delete the scoop?
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A while back, we set up a "science lab" in the outdoor classroom. Various shades of colored water filled bins upon bins in our dramatic play area. The children donned goggles and lab coats and set to work mixing the brilliant colors in beakers, funnels, measures, cups, basters, and more. Delete the scoop?
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As a minister calls for more formal learning in England's nurseries, we look at what a 'schoolification' of early years would mean. Delete the scoop?
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Susie Steiner: Play is essential for the development of small children. Yet it is pushed out of our educational system Delete the scoop?
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Reflections on teaching and learning from preschoolers
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Gun-play on preschool: Where do you stand? Delete the scoop?
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Long before I became a mother, before I entered the world of early childhood education, I had long conversations with friends about raising children, specifically, how to raise decent ones. Conver... Delete the scoop?
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The Reggio teacher is unique because she offers herself to the process of co-construction of knowledge, she releases the traditional roles of a teacher and opens doors to new possibilities. She starts with the use of the child’s own theories, promotes disequilibrium, and helps the child to think about their thinking to facilitate new learning. (Seong Bock Hong 1998). Delete the scoop?
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There has been a great deal of talk about what is appropriate tech use for young children in the classroom. Hot topics around who has access (economic), how to address fairness (gender, timing, ability) and what is quality technology (software, resources, support). Delete the scoop?
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Sometimes the most amazing play stems from the simplest of things. Today Minnie played with building bricks. Not the wooden cube variety, or even the plastic kind, but actual concrete bricks. We've had these lying around for ages, & today I thought I'd leave them in the garden just to see what Minnie did with them. Delete the scoop?
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“…the space has to be a sort of aquarium that mirrors the ideas, values, attitudes, and cultures of the people who live within it.” (Loris Malaguzzi: personal communication, 1984) Delete the scoop?
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This is a blog for early childhood teachers looking for ways to expand and enrich play and learning in and around their sand and water tables with easy-to-make, low-cost apparatus. It may also be of interest for anyone who appreciates children's messy play. Delete the scoop?
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Rooms within rooms or spaces within spaces is the theme of these new early childhood centres and schools Delete the scoop?
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