This week, I’m sharing the best game in the world, taken from 101 Playground Games – Seaweed or so the children tell me on on my Positive Playtime training days.
I’ve also just had the production team from my publishers send me back the typeset copy of my book 101 Playground Games in PDF format, so I’ve finally got to see what it’s going to look like and I’m so pleased – it looks amazing and I know you are going to love it. You can take a peek here.
As I read through the book to check for any mistakes I came across some research I wanted to share –
A clinical report, ‘The Power of Play,’ from The American Academy of Pediatrics (2018) comments on the importance of play and states,
“The importance of playful learning for children cannot be overemphasized.”
According to the AAP play is not frivolous, rather play is ‘vital for brain building,’ a central part of healthy child development, a key to executive function skills, ‘play allows for increased cognitive functioning/improving academic skills, relationships (social-emotional resilience) and helps children, “buffer toxic stress.”
The report recommends ‘that doctors write a prescription for play because ‘play is fundamentally important for developing a suite of 21st century skills, including social, emotional, language and cognitive skills, all needed by the next generation in an economically competitive world that requires collaboration and innovation.’
Given our Covid19 world and all that children have been through I wondered if you could write a prescription for play and make it part of your ‘catchup’ curriculum!
Wishing you a play filled week,
Seaweed
