What’s The Deal With Ages and Stages? | Replay

Why are ages and stages important??? So that we can set developmentally appropriate expectations. Developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) is an approach to teaching grounded in research on how young children develop and learn and in what is known about effective early education. Its framework is designed to promote young children’s optimal learning and development. Our Sponsor! I want to thank Route 60: A Biblical Highway for sponsoring this podcast. Please check out the link here. Route60.movie Check out this presentation on Ages and Stages from Kathy Lee by clicking here! The best way to teach children in a developmentally appropriate manner is through PLAY… In short…PLAY builds the brain, develops the whole child, and contributes to children becoming who they were meant to be. “Play is a vital way for the brain to integrate its divergent parts and build complex synaptic connections. This is key to brain stabilization, organization, and development. “ – Stuart Brown, MD “When children play, their brains are engaged in numerous pattern-seeking processes that construct, organize, and synthesize knowledge. These processes Include: Sorting Ordering Classifying Counting Patterning Measuring problem-solving organizing comparing describing storytelling Inventing constructing deciding  explaining mapping cooperating experimenting imagining questioning creating symbol making What is the role of a DAP Teacher/parent? Observe