tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092053382843096891.post3056163406786581581..comments2024-03-26T12:54:40.055+01:00Comments on Interaction Imagination: What happened to play?Suzanne Axelsson - Interaction Imaginationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10513322963337168674noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092053382843096891.post-87527819156872848112013-02-18T23:17:17.814+01:002013-02-18T23:17:17.814+01:00don't even get me started on homework!!!
If i...don't even get me started on homework!!!<br /><br />If its meaningful - sure....<br /><br />yes, I feel the same, I think society today is robbing children of the opportunity to learn essential life skills - life skills that must be learned through play.<br /><br />Suzanne Axelsson - Interaction Imaginationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513322963337168674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092053382843096891.post-67550723277740504402013-02-18T23:13:39.466+01:002013-02-18T23:13:39.466+01:00it's a huge problem...kids going to after scho...it's a huge problem...kids going to after school programs and homework! both steal the child's time to play. and it is SERIOUS because play does a lot for children. Susan told us just why make believe play is so damned important for a a child’s emotional, social intelligence and health. It is through make believe that children<br /><br />Problem solve<br />Think constructively<br />Self-regulate<br />Wrestle with life<br />Make meaning of their world<br /><br />so if that is being taken away from them, how do they learn these essential life skills?<br /><br />drives me crazy!jennifer lehrhttp://goodjobandotherthings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092053382843096891.post-39509937935253168602013-02-18T23:11:01.443+01:002013-02-18T23:11:01.443+01:00My 8 year old is totally into imaginative play too...My 8 year old is totally into imaginative play too - and luckily he does have friends that will join him in his adventures at school - in fact the teachers tell me his play is popular and many enjoy participating in the imaginative play with him.<br /><br />I think it is a concern when imaginative play is not viewed as cool - when even 8 year olds are mini adults - seems to indicate there is too much focus on academics and not enough TIME given to play - probable not enough RESPECT given to play either....Suzanne Axelsson - Interaction Imaginationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513322963337168674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092053382843096891.post-65298394696768775342013-02-18T23:07:58.813+01:002013-02-18T23:07:58.813+01:00its not easy unravelling that cotton wool - but it...its not easy unravelling that cotton wool - but it is essential.Suzanne Axelsson - Interaction Imaginationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513322963337168674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092053382843096891.post-21703412680504194932013-02-18T23:07:13.706+01:002013-02-18T23:07:13.706+01:00I agree play requires time for it to deepen and fo...I agree play requires time for it to deepen and for the children to really develop it and grow with it - otherwise its juts a time filler - a good one - but not the same quality as long play.<br /><br />My concern is that if my children are not playing at school - and there are no children round and about after school - because either they go to a whole load of sport clubs etc, or there is the fear of letting your children out on the streets etc etc - then when will they get this deeper play?<br /><br />I will keep an eye out for the book - thank you for the tip!Suzanne Axelsson - Interaction Imaginationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513322963337168674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092053382843096891.post-55308349416791478512013-02-18T21:30:14.393+01:002013-02-18T21:30:14.393+01:00I've just been having a conversation with my 8...I've just been having a conversation with my 8 year old who says nobody plats like her in America. In England she played fairies or other imaginative play, here they only play ball games. <br />I think children here are encouraged to grow up too soon. It isn't cool to be imaginative. It worries me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092053382843096891.post-46893874420203744742013-02-18T20:29:12.175+01:002013-02-18T20:29:12.175+01:00I reflect wistfully on my own childhood, my friend...I reflect wistfully on my own childhood, my friends and I played "out" whenever we could. We swam in the river (which was dirty) and to get to the river we had to cross a railway track and yes our parents knew where we were going. At school there was less time to play and the morning and afternoon breaks were 15 minutes and lunchtime was an hour (including eating time). We rode our bikes and walked to and from school, I remember vividly the day my friend and I arrived home from school 2 hours late having walked a different way and found interesting (and naughty) things to do - we were in trouble that day! I have tried to ensure that my children had the opportunity to play "out" I know that my own philosophy was not always appreciated by my peers. However I have now have three young adult "children" all of whom have a sense of adventure and can hold an interesting conversation...........we didn't have any electronic video/computer games in our house until out eldest was 15 years old. I worry about the way that the general public view "safety", we cannot continue to wrap our children up in cotton wool - I wish I had the answers. Unfortunately unadulterated play, the kind that children do where ever they are is free - and free doesn't sell advertising does it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04203695136278978608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092053382843096891.post-91145377343260528952013-02-18T20:22:55.973+01:002013-02-18T20:22:55.973+01:00Suzanne!
I feel the same way. My children are 4 a...Suzanne!<br /><br />I feel the same way. My children are 4 and 6 and still play a lot. But they also do like to watch youtube videos and mister rogers and sesame street. i'm so grateful when they just get deep into play and emerge one, two, five or ten hours later. It can take so long to really get in deep. And I'm grateful that they have neighbors their age who they play deeply with afterschool and on the weekends. I see so many kids going to soccer and other parent-led activities on the weekend and I feel that they already have such limited play time that I hate to take even more away.<br /><br />Their relationships with peers are really truncated when they can't get into deep play with them. My daughter really yearns for longer recess and I'm right there behind her. My feeling is that so few parent truly value play.<br /><br />I think it is a school responsibility to educate parents about the importance of play....of course most schools don't value it in the first place.<br /><br />Thanks for the post.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to Peter Gray's new book coming out next month FREEDOM TO LEARN that is about the importance of play and child-led learning.<br /><br />Jennifer<br />goodjobandotherthings.comJennifer Lehrhttp://goodjobandotherthings.comnoreply@blogger.com