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Listening for the Stories
Like hundreds of thousands of Houstonians, our team at Rice University’s School Literacy and Culture program returned to work this week for the first time after Hurricane Harvey’s catastrophic weather event ravaged our city. We came in jeans and tennis … Continue reading
Program Feature: Writing Across the Curriculum
While it is easy to think of writing as its own “subject,” in reality writing is crucial across disciplines and areas of life. When developed and harnessed effectively, the symbolic thinking skills, confidence, motor skills, inventiveness and more that children … Continue reading
Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Toys?
As teachers and parents, we spend a lot of time thinking about what kinds of toys we give to children. We want toys that will encourage spatial reasoning skills, facilitate motor development, inspire collaboration and spark imagination. But how often … Continue reading
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Tagged active play, block play, construction play, creativity, dramatic play, executive function, free play, mature play, minimalism, outdoor play, play, playroom, playtime, toys
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Playing to Learn, Learning to Play: How Mature, Extended Play Can Develop Both Literacy and Self-Regulation
What does “mature, extended play” entail, and what skills does it develop? These questions, while important for early childhood educators, are rarely taken up by journalists. Po Bronson is an exception: in a national tour of early childhood classrooms he … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, dramatic play, extended discourse, imagination, mature play, play, tools of the mind
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Learning Through the Arts
Are you wondering how to teach through the arts while making curriculum connections and covering academic standards successfully? I teach Prek-4 in Aldine ISD in Houston, Texas. Over the years, I have developed a fondness for integrating the visual arts … Continue reading
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Tagged art, ELLA, inquiry, learning through the arts, process art, project-based learning, provocations
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