Play Participation and Possibilities

I have added some of my favorite sites for understanding Early Learning and my understanding of Play. Please click on any of the links below that may be of interest to you - I have also included a few video links that you may find interesting.

https://education.alberta.ca/media/482257/play-participation-and-possibilities-reduced.pdf

For each interest, the children are provided with some or all of the following language and literacy connections:

      • Gross Motor
      • Fine Motor
      • Music
      • Specific Literacy activity
      • Numeracy
      • Play dough
      • Kitchen
      • Large Blocks
      • Life Science
      • Provocation
      • Library
      • Art Engagement
      • Scissors skills
      • Social Skills
      • Emotional regulation
      • Specific Interest
      • Book sense
      • Word wall,
      • Songs,
      • Chants,
      • Poems,
      • Stories,
      • library books,
      • pictures,
      • retelling stories
      • Materials for exploration in sensory bin



Some new links with videos, web sights that I visit.

https://www.facebook.com/PlayToLearnPS/videos/968080286699122/


http://www.naeyc.org/play

ttp://www.thegeniusofplay.org/


I spent a week with Bev Bos - watch something about her here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_OoFjCruU4


What an adult can learn from kids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-bjOJzB7LY


Play is the child's language:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sYif0gsFgQ


The decline of play:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg-GEzM7iTk


Let our Children play in the mud:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmJDHdicMiY




Open the PDF in the link below to see the latest research about the importance of Play in Early Learning - and what it means developed right here in Alberta.

At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming talk, he walks us through a design process that really lets kids be kids.

https://www.ted.com/talks/takaharu_tezuka_the_best_kindergarten_you_ve_ever_seen



Going on a Bear Hunt is often a big hit. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIcu6tbEko


Here is a great Canadian site that has resources and information that you may find valuable.

Creativity and Play: https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play

At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn't)

Play to learn Preschool: https://playtolearnpreschool.us/

This is one of my favorite blogs. Tom is an early childhood educator in Seatle.

I spoke at the same conference as Stuart Brown (see the following video)- and listened to him talk about his work and research on Play. Watch his Ted Talk (linked below) if you are interested:

Here is another Ted Talk that speaks about Creativity.

I have watched this Ted Talk several times. It is one of my favorites. (More about life in general than working with children).