http://www.thinkfun.com/smartplayblog Exploring How Learning and Fun Come into Play! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:04:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thinkfun.com/smartplayblog/?p=893&cpage=1#comment-980 Charlotte Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:04:41 +0000 http://www.thinkfun.com/smartplayblog/?p=893#comment-980 Natalie, Thanks so much for sharing, and great to have the perspective of a middle school teacher who has seen firsthand what our kids lose when they don't have early play experiences built into their day! I'll look forward to reading your blog! Natalie,
Thanks so much for sharing, and great to have the perspective of a middle school teacher who has seen firsthand what our kids lose when they don’t have early play experiences built into their day! I’ll look forward to reading your blog!

]]> http://www.thinkfun.com/smartplayblog/?p=893&cpage=1#comment-979 Charlotte Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:03:29 +0000 http://www.thinkfun.com/smartplayblog/?p=893#comment-979 Scott- this is so well said, thanks for sharing! This article focuses more on the social and communication skills strengthened through play, invaluable opportunities for learning now to negotiate, work cooperatively, etc, but your commentary on the mathematical reasoning skills you built during play as a child is much appreciated... Play is everything, well-said :) Scott- this is so well said, thanks for sharing!
This article focuses more on the social and communication skills strengthened through play, invaluable opportunities for learning now to negotiate, work cooperatively, etc, but your commentary on the mathematical reasoning skills you built during play as a child is much appreciated… Play is everything, well-said

]]> http://www.thinkfun.com/smartplayblog/?p=893&cpage=1#comment-978 Scott Kim Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:09:32 +0000 http://www.thinkfun.com/smartplayblog/?p=893#comment-978 A key element of free play that is missing in conventional skills is choice: the student chooses what to do and for how long. What did I learn during play? Everything. Playing with blocks at home when I was 4 or so taught me to think spatially, how to reason mathematically, and how to pose and solve problems (I continually posed myself construction challenges). Playing made me a mathematician before I entered school, so I was immune to the dreary attempts of math education to slow me down and make math boring. A key element of free play that is missing in conventional skills is choice: the student chooses what to do and for how long. What did I learn during play? Everything. Playing with blocks at home when I was 4 or so taught me to think spatially, how to reason mathematically, and how to pose and solve problems (I continually posed myself construction challenges). Playing made me a mathematician before I entered school, so I was immune to the dreary attempts of math education to slow me down and make math boring.

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