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Teaching With The Body In Mind

Mar 26, 2024

Tom's been observing how children forge social connections through large motor play. Whether filling buckets with sand, negotiating space in big empty boxes or taking on roles in pretend play, children learn social skills by using their bodies. 


Mar 19, 2024

On location at his new program, Mike points out design features that create the path of least resistance to support teachers' engagement with the children. The group discusses strategies to find paths of least resistance for other recurring challenges: material storage, reducing line leader fights, signing in for...


Mar 12, 2024

Ross is feeling unresolved about the portraytal of problems in children's media. It's always a happy ending and "hooray we did it!" Does this have an impact on their ability to tolerate frustrations in the real world? 


Mar 5, 2024

Joey's classroom climate has been transformed by the introduction of a useful tool. This raises questions about our perceptions of who "deserves" help. Taking a close look at the skill of taking off boots reveals the ways in which we make judgements about children's character traits based off of their physical...