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"Building Up": Block Play After September 11, Lisa Edstrom
"Building Up": Block Play After September 11, Lisa Edstrom
Occasional Paper Series
Like most people in New York City, the children in Edstrom's class were affected by the events of September 11. However, not until five weeks later did these particular five- and six year-olds begin to make sense of what happened. Through the use of block play, they were able to explore the difficult emotions and questions we all had about the World Trade Center attack
Safe, Patricia Lent
Safe, Patricia Lent
Occasional Paper Series
The first four sections of this essay chronicle her attempts to make sense of September 11 in the succeeding weeks and months. The final section—”Corn, Beans, and Squash”—was written to and for her students at the end of the school year.
Conversations With Children About Death, Molly Sexton-Reade
Conversations With Children About Death, Molly Sexton-Reade
Occasional Paper Series
This paper emphasizes the need for conversations around death in the classroom. Today's children are exposed to information about death through a wide variety of media. Teachers have a responsibility to provide opportunities for children to process this information in ways that are developmentally appropriate - acknowledging children's "magical thinking" as well as experiences children may have surrounding death.
A Circle With Edges: How Story Time Privileges The Abled Learner, Melissa Tsuei
A Circle With Edges: How Story Time Privileges The Abled Learner, Melissa Tsuei
Occasional Paper Series
Takes a critical look at one of the commonplace features of early childhood classrooms—story time. In her essay, Melissa considers the ways in which story time reinforces unequal power dynamics for diverse learners by privileging the able-bodied learner. In response, Melissa creates and presents the SPHERE model, which promotes active engagement and shared dialogue through collaborative storytelling and nurtures an inclusive literacy-learning environment.
Racing To The Top: Who’S Accounting For The Children?, Celia Genishi, Anne Haas Dyson
Racing To The Top: Who’S Accounting For The Children?, Celia Genishi, Anne Haas Dyson
Occasional Paper Series
The authors argue that teachers are accountable not to some narrow “top” but to the rhythms and rhymes of their developing students.
Choosing Priorities For Young Children, Nancy Balaban
Choosing Priorities For Young Children, Nancy Balaban
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Discusses the way childhood has changed and the way adults, including teachers, are reacting.
Young Children At Play, Anne Tobias
Young Children At Play, Anne Tobias
Progressive Education in Context
Describes how young children learn through play.
Using Toys To Support Infant-Toddler Learning And Development, Gabriel Guyton
Using Toys To Support Infant-Toddler Learning And Development, Gabriel Guyton
All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations
Being mindful of the basic principles of child development and the role of play, teachers can intentionally select toys to meet young children's unique needs and interests, supporting learning.
Imaginary Stories In School: First Steps Toward Literacy, Gillian Dowley Mcnamee
Imaginary Stories In School: First Steps Toward Literacy, Gillian Dowley Mcnamee
Occasional Paper Series
This essay holds that to forgo opportunities for children's pretend play and conversation around storytelling in school is to distort the very nature of language development and literacy.