At the conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, there was a collaborative effort around Science, Play and Spirituality This is a hopeful sign: the recognition that free play – the ability to explore the environment without restriction and with the senses. The way the participants expressed their responses had to … Continue reading
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Play – and Doing Nothing
When we talk about play in my workshops, it’s usually in relation to the importance of play for young children. What about play for adults: play, relaxation-and, doing nothing? In a synchronistic Christmas moment, everyone in my family gave everyone else art supplies: paints, little canvases, clay. We painted and sculpted for hours, like kids … Continue reading
Serious About Play
Let’s talk about free play: problem solving and imaginative experimentation. Did you notice the words after the colon in the preceding sentence? That explanatory phrase is one way of addressing a difficulty we face in approaching the subject of play: language. The word “play” often implies, as http://www.dictionary.com says: “the opposite of work”. Can’t be … Continue reading
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