Resources
Educational Play
Below are some curated resources that our professional educators would like to share with parents about their child’s educational development.
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Time for play, every day: It’s fun – and fundamental
“There was a time when children played from morning till night. They jumped, played dress-up, and created endless stories out of their active imaginations.”
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The power of play
“When I was a kid, my friends and I were always in motion.”
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Where has play gone?
“Many of us remember when we could go outside and play until the street lights come on…”
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Playing to learn – kids learn to play
“The Obama administration is planning some big changes to how we measure the success or failure of schools and how we apportion federal money based on those assessments.”
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Want to get your kids into college? Let them play
“Every day where we work, we see our young students struggling with the transition from home to school.”
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All Work and No Play: Why Your Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed
“For more than fifty years, children’s free play time continually declining, and it’s keeping them from being confident adults”
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Learning through “play” as well as “work” in the primary grades
“A visitor to Mrs. Burrell’s class is struck by the level of purposeful activity as kindergarten and first- and second-grade children all share work and play in a room full of learning materials”