Tag Archives: Kindergarten

Teacher Tip # 3: How to put ‘the work into the play’: using invitational prompts

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Carmel Crevola

The third of my oral language teaching tips (click on the Oral Language Teaching Tip link here for tips 1 and 2) Speak Up: Oral Language Teaching Tip #3 is centered on one way to insert powerful teacher instructional language into … Continue reading →

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Thinking more about the impact of play-based learning…

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Carmel Crevola

Vacation is over and time to refocus. I have been thinking the whole time about the  many reactions, both privately and in my Blog, to my last post on Play-based Learning. The reactions were diverse to say the least and … Continue reading →

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Let’s make sure we are not playing our way to collective ignorance!

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Carmel Crevola

  ” play-based learning” “enquiry learning” ” project learning” investigative learning” Why do I feel a sense of despair in the pit of my stomach when I hear these labels being tossed around like the lettuce in my mixed salad? … Continue reading →

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