PoP Resources & Links

General Resources

• Project Zero Thinking Routine Tooolbox

Session 1:

• Mardell et al., (2016) Towards a Pedagogy of Play: https://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Towards%20a%20Pedagogy%20of%2...
• PoP Book Chapter 1 (forthcoming)
• Parker & Thomsen (2019) Learning through play at school: https://www.legofoundation.com/en/learn-how/knowledge-base/learning-thro... at-school/
• Playing with light and shadow http://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Playing%20with%20Light%20and%2...

Session 2:

• Joe_Tutorials, “How to Fold an Origami Fortune Teller + How to Use.”https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Fold-an-Origami-Fortune-Teller-How-to- Use/
• PoP Book Chapter 2 (forthcoming)
• Liu, C., Solis, S. L., Jensen, H., Hopkins, E. J., Neale, D., Zosh, J. M., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Whitebread, D. (2017). Neuroscience and learning through play: a review of the evidence (research summary). The LEGO Foundation, DK.: https://www.legofoundation.com/media/1064/neuroscience-review_web.pdf
• Cowan, K. (2020). A Panorama of Play – A Literature Review. Digital Futures Commission. London: 5Rights Foundation: https://digitalfuturescommission.org.uk/wpcontent/ uploads/2020/10/A-Panorama-of-Play-A-Literature-Review.pdf
• Zosh, J. M., Hopkins, E. J., Jensen, H., Liu, C., Neale, D., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Solis, S. L., & Whitebread, D. (2017). Learning through play: a review of the evidence (white paper). The LEGO Foundation, DK.: https://www.legofoundation.com/media/1063/learningthrough- play_web.pdf
• “Play and Child Development, 4th Edition.”
• infographic : https://elearninginfographics.com/12-types-of-play-infographic/

Session 3:

• “Understanding Anti-Bias Education.” https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/nov2019/understanding-anti-bias
• Paris, D. (2016). On educating culturally sustaining teachers. Teaching Works, University of Michigan.: https://www.teachingworks.org/images/files/TeachingWorks_Paris.pdf
• Ramsey (2015) Diversity and Play (book chapter) – featured in Fromberg, D. P., & Bergen, D. (Eds.). (2015). Play from Birth to Twelve: Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315753201
• Turner, “Bias Isn’t Just A Police Problem, It’s A Preschool Problem.” https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/09/28/495488716/bias-isnt-just-a-po... a-preschool-problem
• “Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action.”: https://www.antibiasleadersece.com/thefilm- reflecting-on-anti-bias-education-in-action/ 49

Session 4:

• “Inquiry Is Play.” (Playful Participatory Research) NAEYC”.: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/nov2018/inquiry-is-play-playfulp... research
• “Reflecting across Borders: Palestinian and US Early Childhood Educators Engage in Collaborative Science Inquiry (Voices) | NAEYC.”: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/may2018/reflecting-across-borders
• “Learning to Listen: Supporting Dual Language Learners’ Language Acquisition and Learning Identities (Voices) | NAEYC.”: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/mar2019/supporting-dual-language... identities
• “Voices of Practitioners.”: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/vop
• “The JOURNAL OF TEACHER ACTION RESEARCH.” http://www.practicalteacherresearch.com/
• http://www.practicalteacherresearch.com/uploads/5/6/2/4/56249715/revisit... ool_science_curriculum_through_school_gardening_participatory_action_research _project_in_nepal.pdf
• http://www.practicalteacherresearch.com/uploads/5/6/2/4/56249715/develop... h_grade_students%E2%80%99_mathematical_confidence_through_the_process_o f_self-reflection.pdf
• http://www.practicalteacherresearch.com/uploads/5/6/2/4/56249715/mathema... stations_in_a_third_grade_classroom_are_they_worth_it.pdf
• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child https://www.unicef.org/child-rightsconvention/ convention-text
• “Is Play a Privilege or a Right? And What’s Our Responsibility? On the Role of Play for Equity in Early Childhood Education.”2017: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03004430.2016.1266588
• Crisis in Kindergarten report summary: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d24bb215f3e850001630a72/t/5d389f... 1a33797/1563991929109/Summary+Crisis+in+Kindergarten_8-page_summary.pdf
• http://www.pz.harvard.edu/projects/making-learning-visible

Session 5:

• Pedagogy of Play Pictures of Practice and working papers:
• http://www.pz.harvard.edu/projects/pedagogy-of-play
• https://isbillund.com/academics/pedagogy-of-play/

Session 6:

• Same links as Session 5
• Roopnarine, J. Patte, M., Johnson, J. & Kuschner, D. (2014). International Perspectives on Children’s Play. Open University Press.

Session 7:

• Guidelines about technology and play relevant to your context: https://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/newsletter/2019/05/media-use-c...
• https://www.popatplay.org/categories/home-learning
• Scratch Website: https://scratch.mit.edu/about
• “Voices of Practitioners.”: 50 https://www.ted.com/talks/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code/upnext? utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
• How to choose the best apps for kids (NYT): https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/smarter-living/educational-apps-kids....
• Remote Learning Guide: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/smarterliving/ educational-apps-kids.html
• Interland: https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/interland
• “ProjectSOLVE.Pdf.” https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jg5sK1LgDh1_kgGasa9ZnfYrurR7Lt_/ view
• “Tips for Balanced Learning With Your Young Kids at Home.”: https://news.utexas.edu/2020/04/13/tips-for-balanced-learning-with-your-... home/
• “Children, Technology and Play.”:https://www.legofoundation.com/en/learnhow/ knowledge-base/children-tech-play/
• “Learning Through Digital Play.”:https://www.legofoundation.com/en/learnhow/ knowledge-base/learning-through-digital-play/
• Reggio Emilia resources for at home learning: https://www.reggiochildren.it/en/athomewiththereggioapproach/a-walnut/

Session 8:

• “Play Toolkits | Sense, for People with Complex Disabilities or Who Are Deafblind.”: https://www.sense.org.uk/get-support/support-for-children/play-toolkits/
• “Play | Scottish Autism.”: https://www.scottishautism.org/services-support/supportfamilies/ information-resources/play
• Baker and Mardell, “Kindergarteners Transforming Their Classroom”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MYz0oFu7D8
• “Study of the Play of Dual Language Learners in an English-Speaking Classroom”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2MXGOgrSR4

Session 9:

• PoP practices booklet: https://issuu.com/isbillund/docs/pop_booklet_final/2

Session 10:

• “Play facilitation: the science behind the art of engaging young children”, pg 10: https://www.legofoundation.com/media/1681/play-facilitation_the-science-... of-engaging-young-children.pdf
• Watch a video or two from the video library highlighting play in specific learning
• Mathful Play website https://mathfulplay.org/
• Jones, E. & Reynolds, G. (2011) The Play’s the Thing: Teachers’ Roles in Children’s Play. New York: Teachers College Press: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED523591

Session 11:

• “Denmark’s Forest Kindergartens”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkiij9dJfcw
• Tim Gill. (2014). The Benefits of Children’s Engagement with Nature: A Systematic Literature Review. Children, Youth, and Environments, 24(2), 10-34. doi:10.7721/chilyoutenvi.24.2.0010: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d24bb215f3e850001630a72/t/5d38fe... 012cb733/1564016145585/Adventure_-_The_Value_of_Risk_in_Children_s_Play.pdf
• Playful Learning Environments Tool (PoP): https://isbillund.com/academics/pedagogy51 of-play/

Session 12:

• Vivian Gussin Paley and her Storytelling/ Story Acting approach: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/153/dolls/act-three
• Storytelling and Story Acting: https://www.bpsearlylearning.org/storytelling-and-storyacting
• Kindergarten through Second Grade progression from the Boston Public Schools : https://www.bpsearlylearning.org/storytelling-and-story-acting

Session 13: 

• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1acfqxfgozofLw2PdtYhLGFYW4a1PgghL...