Why pediatricians are prescribing play time for kids cbsnews.com/news/why-pedia…

BBC News - How Canada became an education superpower bbc.com/news/business-…

Our classroom environments aren't designed with Pinterest in mind: they reflect our values and advance our intentions. opalschool.org/not-just-a-pre…

Looking at myths about spelling in the blog entry from Doreen Scott-Dunne ow.ly/LUxL30lvFB6

Educators, we have accumulated some suggestions for classroom strategies to improve #SelfReg in each of the 5 domains. Pick one or two at a time, and see how they go! #Education #OntEd #ShankerSelfReg Access the list here: bit.ly/2SVSpTT

Daanish rolls a die and proceeds to touch each dot with his finger. Then he raises his fingers as he counts again. Finally he represents the #4 on a five frame. All in a matter of 42 seconds of PLAY!!!! #PLAY #PeelEYC Whaley's Corners PS Elizabeth Ugolini

Powerful way to help educators slow down and wonder with and about each child! Wow!

If professional learning is ever going to be effective in bringing about change for students, it must shift away from something done to educators toward a process of creating a culture of continuous learning cycles and problem solving. #LCInnovation

Please read and retweet: Removing caps on class sizes is a failure of both education and economics /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Evidence not ideology should determine how to maintain and build upon FDK. The Minister might wish to take a look at what her own ministry put out: edu.gov.on.ca/kindergarten/f…

Please read and retweet Annie Kidder's superb blog: Public education – it’s the best investment we can make | People for Education peopleforeducation.ca/research/publi… via @PeopleForEd

RBC Training Ground’s search for future Canadian Olympians hits the Laurier Athletic Centre #rbctraininggrpund

Thanks 𝘼𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖 𝘿𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧 for demonstrating the ongoing research and reflection that take place as educators plan and document with intentionality for all play spaces. Observing children in play, playing with the children and involving children in the planning!

It's time to revamp literacy testing for the 21st century, says Prof. Carol Campbell. The ways we practice literacy has changed in our digital, globalized world—yet, the methods educational systems use to assess #literacy have not, writes Professor Carol Campbell. theconversation.com/testing-litera…

A Self-Reg Look At "Preparing Kids": Is It Time To Change The Conversation? - Self-Reg with Dr. Stuart Shanker self-reg.ca/2019/08/27/a-s…

You continue to bargain publicly, baiting teachers w misinformation. You are either a total amateur re good faith bargaining or you are deliberately sabotaging for privatizing end game. Which is it, Minister. Either way, a destructive attack on our collective future!

It’s a slippery slope to provide online learning for young children as a substitution for play and inquiry. Don’t diminish the value of play for true learning by succumbing to pressure to placate adults in lieu what is best for kids!

Keeping kids busy is not the goal! Advocate for learning through play and wonder. Share with families lists of open materials and experiences that support the process of learning, the verbs,not subjects or nouns!!! Innovate, create, design, solve, describe...

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