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Alice Sharp at the Day of Play in Birmingham 2024
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Can educators compete with the virtual world?
Who needs a curriculum? Nothing disseminates learning better than a passionate educator. But this year’s teachers have an extra challenge: by the age of five the Alpha generation has spent more time in the virtual world than in the real…
young child with laptop
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Resetting pandemic screen time
How are we weathering pandemic screen time? How will we put it in its proper place when all of this is over? And how is it shaping our roles as parents and professionals in the meantime?
Young child playing with straw hat
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Promoting play in a time of virtual learning
The unprecedented transition from classrooms to virtual learning in the last months can leave us feeling hopeless and powerless, or we can choose to use the moment as a catalyst to transform early childhood education. It is time to support…
Children fighting over a toy
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Compassion Deficit Disorder
Many teachers tell me they spend too much time trying to maintain a sense of safety in their classrooms and admit to resorting to more “time outs” and harsher “discipline techniques” than in the past. What is causing some children to…
Toddler playing with small wooden blocks
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What is happening to fine motor development?
If children arrive at school lacking the fine motor skills and finger strength necessary to hold a pencil, they will struggle to master other requirements in kindergarten.
Mother with two children going on a walk outside in nature
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Raising my kids without TV
One day about two-and-a-half years ago I decided that my children weren't going to watch television anymore. Yes, you read that correctly. No more TV.