Monday
Feb202012
Play Outdoors
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 12:46AM A lovely little blog I enjoy following posted this great little piece "Outdoor Play Is Not a Waste of Time."
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 12:46AM 
Index
- The BEST up cycled winter loose part...
- On Toilet "Training"
- Santa's Watching... (and don't get me started on that little elf that sits on the shelf!)
- Politics and young children
- To our parents...
- Experiencing ticket rolls
- A preschool without water...
- Exploring "The Holes In Your Nose"
- Experiencing Death and Grief
- Valentine's Day...modeling love and generosity...
- First tour of 2015
- OPEN HOUSE
- On Common Core
- How many ______kindergartens must we have BEFORE kindergarten?
- Creating a Genuinely Stimulating Environment
- This week we...
- "Here Comes the Over-Painter!" - "Just Playing?"
- "Just Playing?" Ladders
- Splat Painting
- "Just Playing?"- Big Bench Building
- "Just Playing?"- A Homemade Christmas Tree (in March)
- Spring Has Sprung...
- Vacuum Disassembly- "Just Playing?"
- "Pirate snail" gym
- Finding a Play-based Preschool
- Our parents are lovely!
- A little validation for child-directed learning
- Play for preschoolers please
- Cookies in School (and pretzels too!)
- Biomechanics of Human Growth- Part 2
- Biomechanics of Human Growth
- Not your everyday paint activity...
- Another Paint Tool
- Christmas Trees- Phase 3
- Pipes...An example of "loose parts"
- No "playground" in the yard
- Children MUST use too much!
- Just Let Them Play
- Slowing Down
- ONLINE YARD SALE!!
- Can we step back and allow our children to think for themselves?
- Art- No Models Please!
- Lunch Ideas!
- Play-based Education
- Ask Your Child, "How Was That?"
- Alternatives to empty praise
- On Potty Training
- On the role of a teacher
- Play Outdoors
- You will not find pink princess toys here!
- Beyond sink or float
- Little Foot Stamps
- Solitary play
- Sometimes you just need to curl up with a good book (or a few)
- Dot Painting (with liquid water color)
- What Should a Four Year Old Know?
- The holidays from the perspective of a preschooler
- Dinosaur castle
- Well, we dropped a bowl of little bitty things..
- Tried and true Christmas gifts for kids
- Outdoor spaces for preschoolers
- Should you force your child to share?
- Could "direct instruction" be damaging to the brain of a preschooler?
- On Halloween at our school (and other holidays)
- My point...clarified
- Uninterrupted Exploration
- We run here!
- Early Literacy
- Climbing Trees
- Racing goop
- Taking Risk
- Rainbow Salt activity
- Gone fishing
- Sometimes a battle is just what's required.
- Why we believe in learning through play...
- On toilet paper
- Toddlers paint too...
- Upcoming School tours
- Around the school lately
- Developing Character in little ones
- Just a thought...
- Glitter, sticks, paint, and scrapers
- Thank you for our forest!
- On preschoolers and sharing
- Christmas ornaments
- Christmas tree
- Art we've done
- Playacting- (dramatic play)
- Also on reading
- Your Child and Reading
- Art
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