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"In our always-on, productivity-addicted lifestyles, we tend to think of the pursuit of fun as being indulgent, even immature and childish. When we do find the time to relax or care for ourselves, we tend to turn to activities that are not actually restorative: binging Netflix, scrolling through Twitter, or indulging our FOMO on Instagram. Through years of research, journalist Catherine Price has learned the truth: far from being frivolous or a distraction,...
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"Work and play are so often set apart that we see them as polar opposites. But what if we didn't? Marney K. Makridakis presents an approach for melding them into a single approach and shows how doing so can transform every aspect of our lives - work, health, family, money, and more. Hop, skip, and jump represent three distinct phases of the manifestation process that work - and play - together to make our dreams come true. Makridakis' techniques put...
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These sequences show children from 7 to 30 months playing, uninterrupted by adults. They show the remarkable exploratory powers of the under 3s and the value of this type of play in encouraging concentration and therefore cognitive abilities. There are 6 ten minute sequences, with infants sometimes alone and sometimes in pairs, showing favoured schemas of action emerging at different ages. Each of the six sequences consists of a child/children playing...
6) Pretend play
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This consists of source material of children's pretend play featuring children from 20 months to 7 years. The 11 sequences can be used individually for observation. Also, as they are presented chronologically by age, they clearly show the developmental stages of pretend play. Sequences show learning taking place in all major areas, physical, cognitive, language, social, emotional and creative. There is also a good opportunity for discussion of gender...
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"In a tech-saturated world, a return to outdoor play is exactly what our children need. Founder of 1000 Hours Outside shows parents how to help their kids discover the fun-not to mention the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual benefits-that awaits them beyond the four walls of their home"--
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"Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities. The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games. Play Anything, reveals...
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Physical play is the first type of play to emerge but also the least researched and most neglected by educators. However this is rapidly changing as educators realize just how vital it is from many points of view. Inbuilt psychological drives mean that children want to be able to do things for themselves and physical play leads to children becoming adept at using their bodies. Being motivated to succeed at tasks is an important factor in effective...
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" Play is how children explore, discover, fail, succeed, socialize, and flourish. It is a fundamental element of the human condition. It's the key to giving schoolchildren skills they need to succeed--skills like creativity, innovation, teamwork, focus, resilience, expressiveness, empathy, concentration, and executive function. Expert organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Centers for Disease...
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This book teaches librarians in diverse communities how to develop and implement early learning programming beyond traditional storytimes, and offers a blueprint for making play a sustainable early-learning program series for budgets big and small. Ideas for making early learning activities relevant to the six early literacy skills in a public library setting, and tips for marketing the program to parents and caregivers are also included.
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"In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that our children, if free to pursue their own interests through play, will not only learn all they need to know, but will do so with energy and passion. Children come into this world burning to learn, equipped with the curiosity, playfulness, and sociability to direct their own education. Yet we have squelched such instincts in a school model originally developed to indoctrinate, not...
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