May 2012
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write on!
http://scottsbricks.blogspot.com/2012/05/write-on.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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how to make.... rubber-band brushes →
step by step instructions on how to make rubber band brushes for your #art center
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Technology. A working definition for your...
Technology Redefined, or Maybe Simply Clarified.
A position statement, by Lisa Murphy
So I wrote this in September of 2010 to broaden the definition of “technology” and to keep the conversation from getting bogged down. I wrote it about the same time as NAEYC starting releasing drafts of their “technology and young children” position statement for commentary....
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Of what will we be ashamed if it's still a problem...
What are you prepared to do?
Commentary on the book Children of 2010, edited byValora Washington and J.D. Andrews, © 1998, published by NAEYC.
Full disclosure: This book had been sitting on my shelf for too long. I finally read it in 2010 instead of when I got it, which was in 1999 (oops). I plowed through it this past June because I had just purchased Children of 2020 after attending one of...
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Play = Learning (book report)
Play = Learning How Play Motivates and Enhances Children’s Cognitive and Social-Emotional Growth
Edited by: Dorothy Singer, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff & Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
The editors and contributors to this work read like a virtual who’s who in the field of early childhood educational research. And they are, in actuality, the scientists and researchers who are doing the heavy...
I dare you all to ready the book (again? hopefully?!) before you go see the movie. #gatsby
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how to make.... PVC bubble blowers →
step by step instructions on how to make PVC pipe bubble blowers!
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here is a link to Schomberg and Donohue’s rationale for revising the 1996 edition of NAEYC’s tech in the lives of young children position statement»» http://www.fredrogerscenter.org/media/site_images/Tech_Statement_Revision_Rationale-Donohue__Schomburg-June-09.pdf
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toothpicks and grapes
a variation of the famous marshmallow and toothpicks activity. I’m not so sure if I care so much about it being “healthier” but I like the new option! had not thought about using other food items before!
Enjoy! I found it here » http://www.artfulparent.com/2012/05/edible-art-grape-toothpick-sculptures.html this morning on the twitter! I thank her for sharing!!
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Dressing the Part
From the archives…
Once upon a time I watched a young girl who had been finger-painting with pudding look up from her paper to see her teacher walking into the room. This teacher had been gone on vacation for two weeks and was returning back to class. The little girl stopped painting and ran with open arms to welcome her back only to be stopped with an abrupt, “Don’t touch me!” as the...
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Developmental Benefits of Playgrounds: book report
The Developmental Benefits of Playgrounds
Research Results From Leading Experts on Playgrounds and Child Development
Written by Joe Frost, Pei-San Brown, Candra Thornton, John Sutterby, Jim Therrell and Debora Wisneski.
©2004, Association for Childhood Education International. Copies may be obtained through www.acei.org
The following overview of the content has been prepared by Lisa...
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Free Range Kids (book report)
FREE RANGE KIDS: How to raise self reliant children (without going nuts with worry)
By: Lenore Skenazy
http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/
If I had to sum this fantastic book up in a few words it would be that this book will teach you how to CALM DOWN! Many of you probably know the premise, Lenore is the lady who let her son ride the NYC subway… alone. And she seriously caught a ration...
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how to make.... a flashlight roller paint brush! →
step by step instructions on how to make a roller brush for #art!
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writing prompts: Caroline's favorite fifteen... →
I’m starting to use the prompts - this was a nice recap of ones I missed…..
writingprompts:
Caroline, who is just about to finish sixth grade, looked through all the writing prompts and picked out her favorite fifteen. I was super impressed with the list and asked her permission to share it. So what follows are Caroline’s favorite fifteen prompts, in no particular order. Most of...
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Reblog if you're a theatre person.
yep - and actually - bonus points if you can name all the scenes!!
thestageisyours:
reblogging. every time.
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A little light reading
if you are new to the party - this magazine www.childcareexchange.com is worth your time and money whether you are a teacher, administrator, family child care provider, whatever! I glean great things from every edition and it is rare I don’t read it cover to cover in one sitting. Usually on a plane. WIth lots of sticky notes and my favorite yellow highlighter!
Here are a couple highlights...
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INTERNATIONAL MUD DAY
mark your calendars! this year’s mud day is on JUNE 29, 2012
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“It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a...”
– -Leo Buscaglia
quoted in the May 2012 edition of Young Children within “Supporting the scientific thinking and inquiry of toddlers and preschoolers through play” written by Maria Hamlin and Debora Wisneski
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Achievement is still possible. But it cannot be experienced without taking some risks. Toss your lowered expectations and set your sights on something spectactular. Don’t start at a walk, start a little too fast. Run some hills. Face the demons that come with a maximum effort. Find that something special in you. Great things are never accomplished by setting small goals.
-Gary Cantrell
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Distinctions Between Academic and Intellectual...
By Lillian Katz (c) 1999. You need to read this today! Add it to your #binder too!
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED433146.pdf
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Enterprise Talk by Tom Drummond →
I read this last week and re-read it this morning. shoot I think I might have even posted the link already!! Even if I did, it is worthy of second post! I think it needs to be required reading for all in #ece and it definitely needs to be in your #binder!
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Creating a Better Tomorrow
Creating a Better Tomorrow
By Lisa Murphy
Commentary on the book: Children of 2020: Creating a better tomorrow, edited by Valora Washington and J.D. Andrews, © 2010, a collaborative publication between NAEYC and the Council for Professional Recognition.
At the NAEYC Professional Development Institute that took place in Phoenix in June 2010, I attended a panel presentation style workshop. The...
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“The comment: “Johnny NEVER misbehaves/has trouble paying attention/hits other...”
– WHEN CAN I COME TO YOUR HOUSE?!!?!? LOVE IT!
http://community.weareteachers.com/t5/WeAreTeachers-Blog/The-Teacher-Report-7-Crazy-Things-People-Say-to-Teachers-and-How/ba-p/12057
pleased to announce that as of right now, all of the Ooey Gooey, Inc. Facebook NOTES and all of the articles that are on the website are now in the que to be released here on the tumblr.
project. complete.
next up - writing the article entitled, “How to use my blog.”
**opens bottle of white**
let’s get crackin’
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the case against tougher standards →
by one of my favs: alfie kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org
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I was on the internet for so long today I found... →
it’s the last page of the internet!
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Ready or Not: book report
Are You Ready? Or Not?
This is yet another one of my Ooey Gooey, Inc. Facebook NOTES that I am archiving and queing up for release here on tumblr. Although I was planning on having this particular article post in a week or so, seeings as how I talk about this book ALL THE TIME, I figured I’d let it jump to the front of the line. So again, for your consideration, I offer my commentary on...
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Notes from a panel of experts event I attended at...
Friday October 14, 2010
LEAD Conference
New Haven, CT.
FULL DISCLAIMER: IT NEED BE NOTED THAT EVERYTHING CAPTIONED AS “SIDEBAR/COMMENTARY” IS PERSONAL OPINION AND COMMENTARY THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING AN IMMEDIATE-IN-THE-MOMENT REACTION TO A STATEMENT MADE BY ONE OF THE PRESENTERS. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME IF YOU NEED CLARIFICATION ABOUT ANY OF THESE COMMENTS. THANK...
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I think I’m going to start a blog of all the crazy shit I overhear at bars.
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Darts, paint and preschoolers →
God I hope the right link connects!! First time pulling from the twitter and putting onto the tumblr #art #ece
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“When I become old habits, I lose my authenticity. When my actions are not in...”
– Tom Drummond 