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I will probably be in Vancouver on May 3, 2024 (this spring). Wondering if any schools might be interested in having me out to meet the kids. If you want to chat about it, send me a DM!
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Today is #NationalChildDay! On this day, RCY is joining other organizations like @UNICEFCanada to commit to championing for the rights of children and youth across British Columbia, Canada and beyond. #EveryRightForEveryChild
Visit rcybc.ca for resources.
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2023 CYSN check-in @RCYBC still wants to hear from parents & families who care for children with support needs. Survey open until Nov 30.
ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo…
@BCComplexKids @BCACCS @InclusionBC @BCACDI @VanFamServices @BCEdAccess
“If we are in a hurry to get children to focus, to be ‘competent’ - are we then stripping them of their way of learning?” @SuzanneAxelsson on being #playresponsive ❤️
New blogpost
The Competent Child
Questioning what this means in a hurried, normative education system...
interactionimagination.com/p…
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Are some children better at playing than others?
Is it that they are better at the play or is it something else?
What is it that allows play to be sustained amongst children? Especially young children?
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Save the dates: Part 3 of Decolonizing and Indigenizing our Assessment Practices (virtual and open to the public) is April 4 and our next CAfLN Conversation (virtual) is on April 5 (members only). Register here: cafln.ca/
In a #thinkingclassroom “it’s not so much teaching students to think, but liberating them” @pgliljedahl
#VirtualMathSummit
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Enter for your chance to win 1 of 5 copies of #WhatRemainsOfElsieJane by @tentaclelake on @goodreads now: goodreads.com/giveaway/show/…
#Goodreads #BookTwitter #FictionBooks #BookTwt
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Play literacy.
Penny Wilson used this term earlier this year when visiting Sweden
Together we have written a definition in the hope that we can start a campaign that results in more play literate adults! It’s also in my book on riskyplay
#playliteracy #OriginalLearning
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There’s always resistance to change. Especially when we are talking about change to the status quo and oppressive power dynamics. You do not have to center that resistance. You can center the bright spots and changemakers. ✊🏾
Thank you @trussleadership for sharing your story with our district today: “We’re working toward either conformity or #transformation” 🙌🏼
Teachers in Nanaimo BC Canada digging into designing antiracist curriculum. Making connection between school and the land. Read a quote from @GholdyM new book. “Children are flowers & geniuses, already!”
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Registration is open! Join us for our FREE virtual educator conference: sites.google.com/futuredesig…
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The Shannen's Dream Scholarship is open for submissions! Named in loving memory of Shannen Koostachin, it is awarded to First Nations youth to assist with post-secondary education costs. Deadline to apply is March 31, 2023! Visit our website to learn more: fncaringsociety.com/what-you…
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Sometimes the more I try to understand play the more elusive it feels.
Being play-responsive is about listening - not just to the sounds, but with ears, eyes, heart and mind.
It means putting our own adult agendas aside long enough to notice what is really going on.
#slowdown
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Big announcement— @Yale's FREE new happiness course for teenagers is finally here! The Science of Well-being for Teens is a 6-wk course on @coursera designed to give teens science-based strategies for reducing stress/feeling happier. Please RT & share: coursera.org/learn/the-scien…
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Looking for more LEGO activities to get started with? Here's 100 simple and fun LEGO projects for all learners @LEGO_Education
