Emily Clark

Early years teacher, thinker, learner, advocate, twitter novice, appreciator of diversity & lover of nature

[Vicki Christopher @VickiChristoph8]

Positives from the pandemic "With suspension of competitive sports and extracurricular activities, unstructured and nature play increased" #natureplay #child #children #unstructuredplay #play #DMCN
https://t.co/9ClaXsikup

[Reggio Australia @reggioaustralia]

When you consider your atelier space, how does it provide for research?

#teachingquote #teacherinspiration #teacherquote #reggio #reggioaustralia #reaie #education #primary #kindergarten #elc #childcare #preschool #ece #primaryschool #atelier #environments #researcher

[Emily Clark @artinece]

Shifting thinking from the binary to a lens of values & ethics. "We desperately need to step back from unfounded and reactive social media posts to think deeply about who we are and what we want for children, families, educators, and professionals."https://t.co/FD1BZ3kY2d

[Kimberly Hart @KimberlyEHart]

Every child deserves to play in their own way! 30 reasons why play is important for children with disabilities: https://t.co/QWBEDQHBC7 #Playmatters #PlayTherapy

[AnjiPlay @anjiplay]

When materials are stored and organized in a way that allow the child total mastery of their management, and when transitions follow the child’s need for time, clean up is also the joy of self-determination, and we can continuously discover the child’s ability. #trueplay

[Emily Clark @kindydays]

https://t.co/LNVTo581wz

[Justin Tarte @justintarte]

Shoutout to all the educators who view hallway duty, bus duty, lunch duty, and any other duty over the course of the day, as an opportunity to greet, speak with, and acknowledge students in a non-academic space.

There's so much opportunity during these moments. #edchat

[Justin Tarte @justintarte]

The best schools follow a simple formula:

They ensure each adult team member feels valued, empowered, and supported.

Because the best schools know when the adults feel this way, it’s so much easier to make students feel this way.

[Justin Tarte @justintarte]

Have a student you're struggling with?

Try the 'two-by-ten' strategy:

For two minutes each day, 10 days in a row, have a personal conversation with the #student about anything the student is interested in.

Wonderful idea by Raymond Wlodkowski

[QandA @QandA]

Finnish schools have autonomous teachers, an emphasis on play, and almost entirely reject standardised testing #QandA
https://t.co/L17drDg2ta

[Emily Clark @kindydays]

The value of what both ECEC and parenting can offer children u.s important to recognize. Thanks @PollyDunning for this article.
https://t.co/B4tZcauDbd

[Sam Page @spage_ECA]

Very welcome announcement from the ALP - Shorten govt would subsidise pre-school for three year olds as recommended by ‘Lifting Our Game’. Important to note that preschool education is teacher led but play based & fun! https://t.co/SXDmq0abCa

[Emily Clark @kindydays]

This!

[Stuart Shanker & Co. @StuartShanker]

"Much of the time, the way we describe behaviour has little to do with the other person. It’s more about how behaviour makes us feel. So when we describe a child’s behaviour as annoying, that is usually more about our experience than the child’s behaviour." #WhatWeBelieve

[Emily Clark @kindydays]

Well worth a listen ⁦@kinderlingradio⁩ ⁦@SelfRegInst⁩ ⁦@StuartShanker⁩ https://t.co/DQ1ID51Zlx

[Emily Clark @kindydays]

This article extends thinking beyond the ‘image of the child’ which now often seems to evoke almost learnt responses of ‘competent’ and ‘capable’ without deeper thought. Reframing the Q as ‘WHO is the child’ creates new thinking space #earlyed #ozearlyed https://t.co/z9UbX8FtdL

[Kon Karapanagiotidis @Kon__K]

Number of times @ScottMorrisonMP has tweeted about following since becoming PM

Sport: 10 times

Violence Against Women: 0

Refugees: 0

Kids on Nauru: 0

Climate Change: 0

Poverty: 0

Homelessness: 0

ABC: 0

Public Transport: 0

Mental Health: 0

Closing the Gap: 0

#Auspol

[Adam Seldon @adamJseldon]

Inspiring event at @actionhappiness on happiness. As a teacher, this graph particularly fascinating. How many schools know and act on this?

[Emily Clark @kindydays]

We are so easily caught up in a 'getting ready for' mentality that we forget that children are already living in a moment that is valid & worthy on its own.

[Justin Tarte @justintarte]

Let’s stop telling students we are preparing them for the real world.

This is their real world.
Each day. Every minute.

Many of our students have experienced more ‘life’ in their few years than the adults they engage with on a daily basis.