Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children

ECI Congress
18th Early Childhood Iowa Congress Brochure Dear Colleagues: The Early Childhood Iowa Steering Committee is pleased to offer the 18th Early Childhood Iowa Congress, February 8-9, 2012, at the...

Executive Summary
Click here a copy of the 2011 T.E.A.C.H. Executive Summary...

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Iowa AEYC Play Coaches
Front row: Dianne Casto, Kelly Donnelly
Back row: Donna Kennebeck, Amy Gulling, Leann Andre, Tammy Bormann, Barb Merrill
Missing from the picture: Angie Mapes, Marie McCohnell-Smith, Jennifer Reynolds

Play Committee Meeting Minutes
December 15, 2011
June 2, 2011
Feburary 3, 2011
December 2, 2010
September 2, 2010
August 5, 2010
June 10, 2010
May 6, 2010
April 1, 2010
March 4, 2010
February 4, 2010
December 16, 2009
November 5, 2009
October 15, 2009
September 10, 2009
July 9, 2009

If you haven't attended a play experience you are missing out. Check out the chart of play experiences to see what we have scheduled. Pictures from the December 2011 Play Experience.

New resource available from NAEYC!
The online learning program Developmentally Appropriate Practice and Play is now available.

Developmentally Appropriate Practice and Play - Online Professional Development Resource from NAEYC
This handout includes excerpts from the DAP video and two NAEYC publications: Developmentally Appropriate Practice and Basics of Developmentally Appropriate Practice.

Seeds in the Window, Soil in the Sensory Table, Science Education through Gardening and Nature Based Play

Check out this video on Youtube - Hands, Heart & Mind Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elg9KeEXBMA

Institute for Self Active Education, inc. website http://isaeplay.org

Play Where Learning Begins - NAEYC Play Resources

Play and NAEYC Position Statements

Big ideas about developmentally appropriate practice and play

We hope you enjoy this link to the Imagine it Project. The project has a focus on children, creativity and a more balanced, equitable human practice.

The Evolution of Play - The play of today has shifted from activity to things.

Old Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills - Researchers day imaginative play allows children to make their own rules and practice self-control.

Seeing the Learning in Play: Using Performance Based Assessment to Document and Enhance Learning in Play

Creative Play Makes for Kids in Control

A look at play

The Wisdom of Play

Play - It's the way young children learn

If you are interested in hosting a Play Experience contact the Iowa AEYC office at info@iowaaeyc.org.

Help us collect recyclable materials click here for a display poster.

Play does seem to open up another part of the mind that is always there, but that, since childhood, may have become closed off and hard to reach. When we treat children’s play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that’s to be found in the creative spirit. We’re helping ourselves stay in touch with that spirit, too. It’s the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives. Mr. Fred Rogers

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