GLS Teacher Published Work
Tape Puts Everything Back Together by Nan Bleemer
Starting School for the Very First Time by Nan Bleemer
Parenting
Tips for Supporting Self Regulation
How Kids Learn Flexibility and Self Regulation
Raising Race Conscious Children: Resources for talking about race with your child
The Child Mind Institute Website
Technology and Young Children
Why Your Toddler Can’t Learn From a Screen
Alliance for Childhood: Facing the Screen Dilemma
NAEYC Position Statement on Technology
Dmitri Christakis: Media and Children
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Academic Skills and Early Learning
The Basis of Early Academic Skills
The Lasting Benefits of Pretend Play
Guided Play As An Effective Academic Tool
The Role of Play in Teaching Academics
4 Reasons to Ditch Academic Preschools
Why You Shouldn’t Teach Your Baby to Read
Play
Defending the Early Years: Teachers Speak out Mini-Documentary Series
NY Times: Let the Kids Learn through Play
Guided Play As An Effective Academic Tool
The Atlantic: The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland
NY Times: The Building Blocks of a Good Pre-K
NY Times: Taking Play Seriously
Mixed Age Classrooms
The Benefits of a Mixed Age Preschool Classroom
Benefits of Mixed Age Play for Older and Younger Children
Benefits of Mixed Age Play for Different Learning Domains
Curriculum:
The Project-Based Approach in Preschool
More Information on Project-Based Learning
Progressive Education: Why its hard to beat, but also hard to find
What is Progressive Education?
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