Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills
My sister Beth sent me the link to this article a couple of days ago.
Food for thought.
“It’s interesting to me that when we talk about play today, the first thing that comes to mind are toys,” says Howard Chudacoff, a cultural historian at Brown University. “Whereas when I would think of play in the 19th century, I would think of activity rather than an object.” read the remainder of the article here
love the pictures of maya!
My sister sent that link to me too! I set itside because I want to take the time to study it. Thnx for reminding me about it. Good old playing….. we grandmas might be the best ones to teach em how to play!
Just wanted to let you know we linked to this article in the March issue of Learning in the Great Outdoors. Thanks!
http://aloneonalimb.blogspot.com/2008/03/learning-in-great-outdoors-10.html
[...] Such a nice surprise this morning – being remembered and being reminded. Alone on a Limb, the host of the Learning in the Great Outdoors monthly blog carnival linked to the post I made last week about play. [...]