🧠❤️🤸🏾‍♂️ Taking a Whole Child Approach With Bank Street Professor Deb Vilas

We discuss child development, play-based learning, and parenting strategies with a professor of education

This episode features a heartfelt conversation between Manisha Snoyer and Deb Vilas, a child life specialist, and educator, as they unravel essential aspects of child development, play-based learning, and parenting strategies. Deb Vilas emphasizes the significance of giving children agency, encouraging self-directed learning, and understanding their perspective. Through Deb's innovative approaches in her classes, the conversation illuminates the profound impact of play on children's growth. A deep dive into societal expectations, gender stereotypes, bullying, and the role of empathy enriches the discussion. Manisha's queries on healthy socializing and the utilization of alternative tools for children with learning difficulties blend with Deb's insights into grief counseling, clear communication, and limit-setting in families. This episode resonates with educators, parents, and anyone interested in the nuances of child development.

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EPISODE NOTES

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

• Connect with Deb Vilas:

Website | LinkedIn | Email 

• Differential impact of preschool models on development and early learning of inner-city children: A three-cohort study. - Marcon, Rebecca A.

• Pedagogy of Play

• Let Kids Play  - The New York Times

• Keyboarding Without Tears

• The Dougy Center

• How To Talk So Kids Can Learn - Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish 

• Death Is Stupid (Ordinary Terrible Things) -  Anastasia Higginbotham 

• Bank Street College of Education

  • Deborah B. Vilas - Bank Street College of Education

  • The Developmental Interaction Approach

• "Communicating with Children" Workshop with Deb Vilas and Manisha Snoyer

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VELA Education Fund is catalyzing a vibrant alternative education ecosystem. VELA provides trust-based funding to entrepreneurs, fosters community-building and knowledge-sharing, and increases visibility through storytelling that promotes cultural awareness and acceptance of the out-of-system space. Today, VELA serves the largest community of out-of-system education entrepreneurs in the country, with over 2,000 community members. About half of VELA’s community members operate small learning environments, and the other half are ecosystem and community builders offering direct services and support across the out-of-system space. Learn more at velaedfund.org.

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