If we’re having a discussion about DAP, let’s start at the beginning. [Read more…]
Weekend Reads 10.25.13
Here’s a little public service announcement before I share these fantastic finds from the web this week. Did you realize Halloween is less than one week away? For our family that kicks off the holiday season, which I love! But one week? Where did the time go?
Developmentally Appropriate Practice
The latest Hot Topic post, DAP and Why We Don’t Push Kids Down the Stairs, definitely hit a nerve! The comments have been fascinating! Many shared examples of “too much too soon”, but some also wondered if it was OK to be supporting their precocious children in their advanced interests, while others wondered what the whole analogy even meant.
Remembering with Service
Have you ever wondered about including your children in remembering someone who has died?
Weekend Reads 10.18.13
On Developmentally Appropriate Practice….And Why We Don’t Push Kids Down the Stairs
Toddlers can’t walk down the stairs with alternating steps. They just can’t. While your kindergartener bounds down the stairs taking each step in stride (or several in one super-hero bound, as mine is prone to do), your toddler will cling to the wall or rail as she takes a careful step down with one foot, then brings the other foot to that same step to stand firmly before venturing down in that same slow, tentative manner for another (step together), then another (step together), then another (step together).
Thematic Unit: The Night Sky, Astronauts, and Outer Space
Whether you’re looking for activities as a full-time teacher, a group of co-opting preschool parents, or a parent with curious kids and an afternoon to fill, you’re in the right place! Find more Thematic Units here!
What a Conversation About Divorce Taught My Family About Marriage
My eight year-old and I were snuggled on his top bunk when he started to talk about classmates whose parents were divorced. Someone has two moms and one dad. Someone else lives in a different house on the weekends. Another says Dad lives in a different state.
Hot Topic: The Bullying Equation
Last Child in the Woods Part 7: To Be Amazed
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