and their ability to communicate with peers and adults. This digest discusses children's play and its relationship to developmental growth from infancy to middle childhood. The digest also suggests ways in which educators and other adults can support children's play. ...
This digest discusses children's play and its relationship to developmental growth from infancy to middle childhood. The digest also suggests ways in which educators and other adults can support children's play. In what Piaget (1962) aptly described as sensorimotor practice play, infants and ...
In other words, the list of nature activities and suggestions below is best used to facilitate play rather than to teach. Once play begins, step aside and allow it to unfold naturally. As parents and educators, we must give children the space to discover what interests them most. This is ...
Richard Louv’s landmark book, “Last Child In the Woods,”andhis most recent works “The Nature Principal,” and“Vitamin N”helped launch a global conversation focused on the value of nature and free play and their connection to creating ahealthy, happy, and productive societ...
Army Corps of Engineers and University of Georgia formed the Network for Engineering with Nature® (N-EWN), an interdisciplinary collective of researchers, practitioners, and educators. We’re proud to partner with N-EWN to solve some of the most pressing environmental, social, and economic ...
INTRODUCTION The popularity of music education in schools comes and goes in alignment with the philosophical view held by educators and the community and the debate on the benefits or alternatively the lack of benefits of music education in school is ongoing historically and traditionally in educa.....
While linked to race, income and educational attainment predict opportunities for outdoor recreation [92,93], and low SES predicts that urban environmental risks deter outdoor play among poorer children [94,95,96]. Moreover, white attitudes toward nature are not monolithic and are shown to vary...
The complex process of teacher learning and the myriad contexts in which teachers practice has led to a highly fragmented field of research about professional development for educators (Kennedy, 2014a). Key areas of investigation include the characteristics of effective professional learning and its inf...
educators, leaders and well-networked young people through an online study probably minimizes the number of participants living in adversity. Although we also recruited young people who were not necessarily established experts, many were students or members of advocacy or international leadership networks...
those dragons you see at the Chinese New Year, back and forth scuttling quickly for their lives. Those are silverfish (Lepisma saccharina), and in this post we'll explore exactly what silverfish are, why people don't really like them, and a few ideas for helping secure your home from ...