UDL and Nature-based Play
Check out the Spring 2019 article I wrote for Highscope’s Active Learner magazine!
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Play in the Mud…It’s GOOD for you!
Whether you think mud is gross or glorious, you may be surprised to learn that playing in mud...
Risk in Rwandan Schools: Lessons to learn
After his recent visit to Rwanda, my friend, mentor and colleague Jerry Parr, of Willow Tree Early Education...
Rock that Recess…
I sit at my desk and hear the crowds of children on the playground at our neighborhood school – where does all that exuberant noise come from? And where does it go by the time we become adults? Jill Valet over at Edutopia explores the proven benefits of recess, including improved behavior and social skills, and five steps to a recess-friendly playground.To Improve School Climate, Examine Recess
John Cleese on Creativity as Mood, not Aptitude
I am a huge fan of Open Culture for their daily inspiration of open source books, videos and more. Recently, they posted this on John Cleese of Monty Python fame and his views on creativity: Drawing on research from his friend Brian Bates, a psychologist as Sussex University, Cleese claims that ...[Creativity] is not a skill or an aptitude, it is a “mood,” one Cleese describes as “childlike”...