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7500 Miles Unplugged | the dirt under our feet
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The dirt under our feet. Three, Asleep →. Posted by Shannon Earle. They asked for a movie. I said “Not right now.” “Why, Mama? The five and just-turned-three year-old sit across from each other in car seats. They can’t read, but they did color for hours on end. They also spend a lot of time at home in free play with each other. They attend a preschool. I don’t remember them all, but here are some examples. HOUSE. And it’s twin Hay Ball) you had to call out Rock (or Hay Ball, aka Hay bale) every tim...
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retrospective: Trickster Collages
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Sunday, April 12, 2015. There were sixteen of these finished pieces and I only have a handful photographed and didn't photograph the process at all. I hope the description of how these were created will help. Please let me know if you have questions. Lion Trickster and Starry Moons. Zebra Gets Her Beauty. See below) , Hungry Hyena. Eagle Helps Take Fire From the Yellow Jacket Sisters. After the collages were dry, the children gave them titles. The titles evoked the very tales that they had been readi...
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retrospective: Branches and Leaves
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Teacher, visit Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School. 160; and Child Art Retrospective. To see what I do day to day! View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. 4 Spaces for Learning. Curating Childrens Art Work. Process. Critical Thinking Skills. TAB Teaching for Artistic Behavior. Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School. 7 Random Things meme. My Fathers Dragon. Art inspired by Literature.
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March 2015 – Playground Guru
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Comparing Playgrounds to Play. Play is Not Important. Discussions of play and playgrounds. Building Community with Community Build Playgrounds. March 25, 2015. March 25, 2015. Read the whole article – Building Community with Community Build PLaygrounds. It’s Time to Ban Rubber Safety Surfacing. March 2, 2015. March 2, 2015. This article first appeared in Playground Professionals 3/2/15. There is a simple reason why: rubber surfacing increases injuries. How can this be so? Engineered wood fiber (EWF) prov...
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May 2015 – Playground Guru
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Comparing Playgrounds to Play. Play is Not Important. Discussions of play and playgrounds. Time to Take a Stand. May 17, 2015. First posted May 4, in Playground Professionals. I’m sure you’ve heard the recent story about two children, 10 and 6, being arrested and hassled by Child Protective Services (CPS) for walking home from the park, not once but twice. If you’re not aware of the story, visit https:/ www.facebook.com/author.danielle.meitiv. To learn more about what happened to the Meitiv family. And a...
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Play is Not Important – Playground Guru
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Comparing Playgrounds to Play. Play is Not Important. Discussions of play and playgrounds. Play is Not Important. The following article of mine was just posted on. The Play and Playground New Center. The face of an information gathering brain. Play is based on this process of discovery. Play comes after the child has answered the question What is this? Only as they develop an overall understanding of an object can they move on to play with it. For example, a toddler will spend a long time getting to ...
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Making Places to Play – Is not Enough – Playground Guru
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Comparing Playgrounds to Play. Play is Not Important. Discussions of play and playgrounds. Making Places to Play – Is not Enough. July 21, 2015. This article was first published in Playground Professionals Newsletter, July 20, 2015. As a child of the sixties I spent my teen years grappling with the issues of the Vietnam War, the free speech movement, and civil rights. Our generation wanted to do something to make the world a better place. Fifty years later, having done community site-built playgrounds, w...
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January 2015 – Playground Guru
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Comparing Playgrounds to Play. Play is Not Important. Discussions of play and playgrounds. January 19, 2015. IKids on the Playground. This post first appeared in Playground Professionals, January 19, 2015. The debate raging these days is an order of magnitude more complex. Part of the difficulty in sorting the issue out is that many of the arguments use studies that relate to TV rather than smart devices and so fail to take into account the interactive aspect they provide. And hence normal development.
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Playground Guru – Page 2 – Discussions of play and playgrounds
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Comparing Playgrounds to Play. Play is Not Important. Discussions of play and playgrounds. Playground Surfacing – Solution or Mistake? September 26, 2015. There are many ways to think about playground surfacing. Is it accessible and safe, does it drain, what does it cost? How does it affect those who use the playground? Can we imagine what the future holds for playground design and surfacing needs? How did our current surfacing solutions evolve? Rubber and wood chips. Once again not quite solved as the e...
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