Kia Ora te wh\u0101nau<\/p>\n
What a week! \u00a0Had a beautiful workshop with teachers on Tuesday arvo, I’ll be back to work with the parents of the self-same preschool on Tuesday night. \u00a0Groovester. \u00a0Meanwhile, tomorrow I’m teaching a coupla workshops (play as springboard to classroom curriculum, yes, even in primary school!) and delivering a keynote (technoference-ish stuff). \u00a0Big! \u00a0Busy!<\/p>\n
Irony not lost – perfect late-winter weather out there, and what am I doing? \u00a0Tapping away indoors, encouraging less engagement with screens by … what, what! … engaging with my screen.<\/p>\n
Anyway, let’s share a few links, shall we? \u00a0First, from the Atlantic, an excellent piece about the free preschools of Boston.<\/a> \u00a0Play, you say? \u00a0Well supported & educated teachers? \u00a0Radical! \u00a0(not) \u00a0Now, from the Guardian, enjoy this write up about the rise of low-tech schools in high-tech regions.<\/a><\/p>\n It’s been a wee while since I shared the excellent organisation known as TRUCE (teachers resisting unhealthy children’s entertainment)<\/a> … their ideas are excellent and their toy guides are worth downloading\/sharing. \u00a0Speaking of unhealthy entertainment, this is a link to a v good episode of the EXCELLENT ‘Hidden Brain’ podcast, from NPR. \u00a0This episode deals with the tomfoolery that exists within social media. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Essential reading, now …\u00a0This is an article from Psychology Today that just made my heart bounce with recognition<\/a>. YES! \u00a0We know what works, evolutionarily. \u00a0We deviate at our peril!<\/p>\n All this stuff is worth paying attention to … apparently rates of empathy are on the decline<\/a>, and as Dr Bruce Perry would say, empathy is both endangered and ESSENTIAL.<\/p>\n Finally, Life is Fine<\/a> xxx<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kia Ora te wh\u0101nau What a week! \u00a0Had a beautiful workshop with teachers on Tuesday arvo, I’ll be back to work with the parents of the self-same preschool on Tuesday night. \u00a0Groovester. \u00a0Meanwhile, tomorrow I’m teaching a coupla workshops (play … Continue reading