Posted by Chip on June 30, 2010
My granddaughter, Lily, loves to swim. Watching her in the water in the summertime is one of the most joyful experiences of this grandfather’s days. In her element, she challenges herself at the leading edge of learning and adventure. She now floats on her back long distances, swims underwater, treads water, and is beginning to [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Importance of Play, Time to Learn |
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Posted by Chip on March 31, 2009
On the heels of some wonderful comments from a reader and fellow blogger, Rae Pica, about recess, come powerful new reminders about the importance of play for children from a terrific organization: Alliance for Childhood.
Visit the site and you’ll find what I consider to be a landmark report useful for Arne Duncan and President Obama [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs |
Tags: A Place for Play, Arne Duncan, Crisis in the Kindergarten, David Elkind, Deborah Meier, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, imaginative play, importance of play, Linda Darling-Hammond, President Obama, structured recess, Where Do the Children Play | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on March 20, 2009
A wonderful blog to link to from this one is Rae Pica’s “Pica Perspective.” Just click on the blog’s name to the right, under “Blogs I Like,” and find her February 27 entry. In it, she notes the flurry of research and press about the positive influence of recess on school behavior and performance. Of [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: children's need for play, Developmental Needs, importance of play, importance of recess, Pica Perspective, Rae Pica, Responsive Classroom approach | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on December 4, 2007
With all the emphasis on No Child Left Behind from an academic point of view, the educational, social, emotional and physical benefits of good-old-fashioned recess are being compromised as time for outdoor play is shortened or eliminated all together in some elementary schools. In the process, childhood itself gets left behind.
True, more children today need [...]
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Tags: importance of play, importance of recess, National Recess Week, recess, Recess Rules, Responsive Classroom approach, Responsive Classroom practices, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Post a Comment »
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