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Do early childhood teachers practice selective listening when it comes to racism?

If you were raised to be "colorblind" (hello fellow millennials) you probably instinctively panic inside at any suggestion of racism. We...

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Peer rejections and play: Listening to What children say they need

"Free play is a distinctive form of child-centred activity, in which children’s motivation to play reflects both their needs to develop a...

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Play for all, all for play: Strategies for supporting inclusive play

This research by Kangas et al., (2023) addresses the need to support inclusive play for all children. While previous research emphasized...

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Beyond the Binary- Evaluating early childhood educators' beliefs on gendered play

Paul McCabe's new research, "Early childhood educators' beliefs about child behavior and adult outcomes related to gender and play,"...

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Parents, Phonics, and Play

In the paper, "Phonics and play-literacy: Parental expectations of an early childhood literacy program" the author, Stacey Campbell,...

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Making Play Work for Anti-Racism

The article "Interrogating the 'gold standard': Play-based early childhood education and perpetuating white supremacy" by Kinard, T.,...

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FREE “Pedagogy of Play” book from Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education

I am so excited to share access to this with you because I fangirl hard for everything that Harvard's Graduate School of Education...

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It’s Play, Not Pie: Inequities in Children’s Access to Play

It's play, not pie. There's enough for every child and yet not every child is getting it. Ijumaa Jordan shares why we need to be looking...

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Embracing and Enabling Risky Play: Lessons for risk-averse cultures

“Be careful!” “Don’t fall!” “Get down from there!” Why can’t we just let them play? Cultural attitudes towards risky play definitely...

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Facilitating SEL Skills Through Play

"Kindergarten teachers’ facilitation of social and emotional learning in classroom play contexts" by Nicole Larsen and Angela Pyle, et al...