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Steve Ransom

Outdoor Preschool - Norway - YouTube - 9 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 10 May 12
     
    Wow... so much potential danger here. In America, we have successfully removed most all danger from any kind of learning. It's sanitized... and boring.
Javier E

Money Cuts Both Ways in Education - NYTimes.com - 19 views

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  • If you doubt that we live in a winner-take-all economy and that education is the trump card, consider the vast amounts the affluent spend to teach their offspring.
  • This power spending on the children of the economic elite is usually — and rightly — cited as further evidence of the dangers of rising income inequality.
  • But it may be that the less lavishly educated children lower down the income distribution aren’t the only losers. Being groomed for the winner-take-all economy starting in nursery school turns out to exact a toll on the children at the top, too.
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  • There is a lively debate among politicians and professors about whether the economy is becoming more polarized and about the importance of education. Dismissing the value of a college education is one of the more popular clever-sounding contrarian ideas of the moment. And there are still a few die-hards who play down the social significance of rising income inequality.
  • When you translate these abstract arguments into the practical choices we make in our personal lives, however, the intellectual disagreements melt away. We are all spending a lot more money to educate our kids, and the richest have stepped up their spending more than everyone else.
  • spending on children grew over the past four decades and that it became more unequal. “Our findings also show that investment grew more unequal over the study period: parents near the top of the income distribution spent more in real dollars near the end of the 2000s than in the early 1970s, and the gap in spending between rich and poor grew.”
  • But it turns out that the children being primed for that race to the top from preschool onward aren’t in such great shape, either.
  • “What we are finding again and again, in upper-middle-class school districts, is the proportion who are struggling are significantly higher than in normative samples,” she said. “Upper-middle-class kids are an at-risk group.”
  • troubled rich kids. “I was looking for a comparison group for the inner-city kids,” Dr. Luthar told me. “And we happened to find that substance use, depression and anxiety, particularly among the girls, were much higher than among inner-city kids.”
  • “I Can, Therefore I Must: Fragility in the Upper Middle Class,” and it describes a world in which the opportunities, and therefore the demands, for upper-middle-class children are infinite.
  • “It is an endless cycle, starting from kindergarten,” Dr. Luthar said. “The difficulty is that you have these enrichment activities. It is almost as if, if you have the opportunity, you must avail yourself of it. The pressure is enormous.”
  • these parents and children are responding rationally to a hyper-competitive world economy.
  • “When we talk to youngsters now, when they set goals for themselves, they want to match up to at least what their parents have achieved, and that is harder to do.”
  • we live in individualistic democracies whose credo is that anyone can be a winner if she tries. But we are also subject to increasingly fierce winner-take-all forces, which means the winners’ circle is ever smaller, and the value of winning is ever higher.
Enid Baines

Mark Bazer: Rebecca Skloot on Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks... and Getting Kicked Ou... - 50 views

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  • Enid Baines on 26 Jan 13
     
    Video of Rebecca Skloot regarding "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Andrew Sams

Good Stories, Good Math - Science News - 61 views

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  • Andrew Sams on 02 May 12
     
    Spinning a good yarn may seem to have little to do with mathematics, but a new study suggests otherwise. Preschoolers who tell stories that include many different perspectives do better in math two years later than those who stick to one simple perspective.
Martin Burrett

Creat an Animal Ocean - 82 views

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  • Martin Burrett on 17 Feb 12
     
    Make your own animated watery scene with this superb flash resource. Just drag and drop your sea creatures to where you want them. A great science activity for younger children. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
michele nokleby

TechPlan: TechPlan: National Tech Plan - 70 views

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      michele nokleby on 04 Feb 12
       
      I would like closer look at this study for tech at the preschool age.  How does this reconcile with the AMA's position on early childhood media use?
  • Sigurd Andersen on 05 Feb 12
     
    When I try your link, I get to a login page for Missoula County Public Schools. Is there any way to make the material you reference visible to those without an account?
  • Irene Sclafani on 05 Feb 12
     
    I also got a login page for Missoula County Public Schools. Article sounds interesting. Would like to read it.
Lisa Fernette

Free Printable Homework Calendars | Preschool | Kindergarten | Pre-K Pages - 34 views

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  • Lisa Fernette on 13 Aug 12
     
    Printable calendars
Dallas McPheeters

Erikson's Stages of Development at Learning Theories - 24 views

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  • Erikson’s Stages of Development  Erik Erikson, a German psychoanalyst heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud, explored three aspects of identity: the ego identity (self), personal identity (the personal idiosyncrasies that distinguish a person from another, social/cultural identity (the collection of social roles a person might play). Erikson’s psychosocial theory of development considers the impact of external factors, parents and society on personality development from childhood to adulthood. According to Erikson’s theory, every person must pass through a series of eight interrelated stages over the entire life cycle. Infant (Hope) – Basic Trust vs. Mistrust Toddler (Will) – Autonomy vs. Shame Preschooler (Purpose) – Initiative vs. Guilt School-Age Child (Competence) – Industry vs. Inferiority Adolescent (Fidelity) – Identity vs. Identity Diffusion Young Adult (Love) – Intimacy vs. Isolation Middle-aged Adult (Care) – Generativity vs. Self-absorption Older Adult (Wisdom) – Integrity vs. Despair
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      Dallas McPheeters on 27 Jul 10
       
      Good information to consider when lesson planning for different age groups to ensure meeting the needs at all ends of the spectrum.
anonymous

Autumn Harvest Crafts for Kids: Ideas for Arts & Crafts Activities for Fall Harvest Pro... - 29 views

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  • anonymous on 05 Oct 10
     
    a great selection of autumn crafts for the kiddos. 
nicole lamoreaux

KneeBouncers | Free Toddler, Preschool, Educational Games and Fun - 53 views

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  • nicole lamoreaux on 09 Feb 10
     
    KneeBouncers is a whole lotta fun. Educational games, fun and activities to stimulate your baby or toddler and begin the learning process. Colorful animated graphics combined with great sound effects, excite and entertain babies and toddlers alike. Kneebouncers is educational. Your budding genius will start to understand the cause and effect principle, ABC's, numbers, colors, shapes, but mostly they'll just squeal with delight. So if you have a little one clamoring for the keyboard, plop them on your knee and let the bouncing (and learning) begin!
tom campbell

Brain Power - Studying Young Minds, and How to Teach Them - Series - NYTimes.com - 61 views

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  • tom campbell on 21 Dec 09
     
    elem and preschool teachers and parents especially will find this of interest
Beth Panitz

Learning Games For Kids - 139 views

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shared by Beth Panitz on 27 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Jennifer Felke on 27 Feb 11
     
    Educational games are a great tool for building foundation math and language skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These online learning games and songs for kids are fun, teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids and they're free. Want educational games that help build skills in math, language, science, social studies, and more? You've come to the right place!
  • Beth Panitz on 27 Feb 11
     
    All subjects areas. Fun learning games, songs, videos
Roland Gesthuizen

Techno-toddlers: A is for Apple | Technology | The Guardian - 38 views

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 23 Nov 11
     
    In the last chapter of her novel A Visit From The Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan imagines a dystopian near future in which toddlers in the year 2020 download music to their ubiquitous "kiddie handsets", which also feature "finger drawing, GPS systems for babies just learning to walk, PicMail". But if that's the future, it's already here.
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