Recommended Reading
for educators
We recommend these books
Learning stories: Constructing Learner Identities in Early Education
Last Child in the Woods : Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
The Hundred Languages of Children : The Reggio Emilia Experience in Transformation
Designs for living and learning
Threads of thinking
Excellent readings - every now and then there's an article that just hits the nail on the head. Here's some of our favourites...
Teacher’s Ink
Burn the rosters and free the teachers
Reading Readiness Has To Do With The Body
Schemas in Children’s Play
The real reason why children fidget
The Unconventional Guide to Improving Handwriting Skills (Part I): Put the Pencil Down and Get Outside
What is Pedagogy Anyway?
Blogs and articles
* Burn the rosters and free the teachers
* Children’s Involvement in Learning
* EYLF Pirates - The human stamp
* Not Just Cute - On Developmentally Appropriate Practice….And Why We Don’t Push Kids Down the Stairs
* Reading Readiness Has To Do With The Body
* Schemas in Children’s Play
* Teacher’s Ink
* The evolution of an accidental meme
* The real reason why children fidget
* The Unconventional Guide to Improving Handwriting Skills (Part I): Put the Pencil Down and Get Outside
* What is Pedagogy Anyway?
* Stop Stealing Childhood in the Name of Education: A plea to ask WHY? - Maggie Dent
Readings about sleep time
* New study calls for changes to childcare ‘mandatory’ sleep rules
* Sleep and rest within the context of the NQS
Worldviews, Theories and Philosophies in Children's Services
This audio-visual resource is a collection of conversations with academics, educators, policy makers and activists offering an insight into the wide range of worldviews, theories and philosophies that have helped to inform and define their everyday practice.
Nature Play QLD - Peter Gray Forum Video Link
Peter Gray is an American psychologist and research professor in the Department of Psychology at Boston College. He is most well known for his research concerned with children's natural ways of learning and the role of play in children's development.
He is the author of Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life (Basic Books, 2013), author of Psychology, a highly regarded college textbook, and he writes a popular blog for Psychology Today magazine entitled "Freedom to Learn".
Click on the image and you can find professor's presentation (split into 5 parts for convenience) MC'd by Sandi Phoenix with a panel discussion at the end.
Enjoy!