3 questions to stop asking your 3-year-old, and what to ask instead.

Free Printable Inside → https://mplkit.com/play Swap what colour is it for what do you think happens if we do. #ChildLedPlay #PlayBasedLearning

Longer school days, more academic instruction, developmentally inappropriate expectations, less time outdoors, standardization, and high stakes testing are causing children’s brains to stop growing. #PlayBasedLearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #preschool

What we do know, however, is that whatever the future holds, we will need those critical thinkers. That's what educators in South Korea are thinking about. Maybe we should too. #playbasedlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #EarlyLearning #preschool

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They question things that we've stopped questioning, not necessarily because they're consciously pursuing truth, but rather because the world's conventions are not yet self-evident to them. #playbasedlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #EarlyLearning #preschool

New research from the University of Nottingham's Observatory for Mathematical Education examines how much play children actually experience in Reception, the year that bridges the Early Years Foundation Stage and primary school. Read the full report: buff.ly/woHBDKV

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Your children already know how to be successful, and that may require a lot of failure. What they need from you is to love them, to trust them, and to keep them safe. Otherwise, relax and get out of their way. #playbasedlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #preschool

Yet, the children, in being distracted, are only doing what nature has designed them to do. #playbasedlearning #EarlyChildhoodEducation #earlylearning #preschool

When I told her I'm a preschool teacher, I added, "All our art is process art. It's really just science." And she replied, 'That's how every artist approaches their work. We're all scientists." #playbasedlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #preschool

But most importantly, I think, is that we were learning that autonomy isn't the opposite of community. Indeed, we were learning that a healthy community is what makes autonomy possible. #playbasedlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #preschool

Among the first games we play with our babies is some version of give-and-take. #playbasedlearning #earlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool

While it may be impossible to fully understand the experience of other species, all we have to do to better understand other humans, including children, is to be curious and to listen with the intention of understanding. #PlayBasedLearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning, #preschool

A couple months back, within the span of a few weeks, two bad things happened to me. #playbasedlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #preschool

Just as the answering machine became its own kind of slippery slope, the advent of GPS has virtually eliminated the necessity of surrendering to being lost, and reduced the opportunity to experience the unexpected. #playbasedlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #preschool

We want children to get good at things, to master the ground rules, to produce measurable outcomes, often before they've had enough time to screw around with the world. #playbasedlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #preschool

When learning feels like play, you bypass task resistance while still reinforcing core academic concepts.

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"They will learn things in school, although most of it will remain in school, stored there in the classrooms, teachers, and classmates. Their important connections will be made with the people, places, & things from life itself." #PlayBasedLearning #earlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool

The conversation around trauma-informed pedagogy can be expanded by exploring how educators can actively build brain circuitry.

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New research finds that heavy curriculum demands, rigid accountability rules, staff instability and split views on the value of play are major obstacles to supporting children’s learning through play. Read more here: buff.ly/wVixBVz

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I often see our youngest children as the last of the generalists, which is why I want them to play. #playbasedlearning #earlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool