Playtime
The benefits children get from play are incalculable, yet the children who may need it most tend to get the least of it - Greggory Moore
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Play as a Way to Ameliorate Poverty
In 2012 the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a report entitled The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bond: Focus on Children in Poverty. "It could be argued," the authors write, "that active play is so central to child development that it should be included in the very definition of childhood. […] Play is essential to the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being of children beginning in early childhood. It is a natural tool for children to develop resiliency as they learn to cooperate, overcome challenges, and negotiate with others."
Because these are among the skills that can help poor children cope with…
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Children’s Play Is Declining, But We Can Help Reclaim It
Children at play participate in complex scientific discovery as they hypothesize, experiment and make generalizations about the world and how it works.
Child’s Play Is Good for All of Us
If all of the children who currently are sedentary started exercising every day, societies could save enormous amounts of money in the coming decades and have healthier citizens as a whole, according to a remarkable new study.
Giant Bubbles and Urban Periscopes Among Winners of Play Contest
A nonprofit group devoted to creating play areas has awarded $1 million to spur 50 new projects that create opportunities for urban children to play at places like bus stops, barber shops and Laundromats.
How Much Do Toddlers Learn From Play?
Although it’s hard to study play in a lab, a new wave of research is showing how important it is to children’s learning.
In Defense of Play
The “elaborate detour” of having fun pays cognitive dividends.
Just Let Them Play!
The need for increasing and maintaining physical activity in youth is something universally agreed upon, but not all activities are equal. Essentially there are three kinds of activity a child can engage in: unstructured, structured and semi-structured play.
Let the Kids Learn Through Play
Nevertheless, many educators want to curtail play during school. “Play is often perceived as immature behavior that doesn’t achieve anything,” says David Whitebread, a psychologist at Cambridge University who has studied the topic for decades. “But it’s essential to their development. They need to learn to persevere, to control attention, to control emotions. Kids learn these things through playing.”
The Importance of Play
The way a child wants to play is often very different from the way his parents want him to. The child, however, knows best.
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bond: Focus on Children in Poverty
Play is essential to the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being of children beginning in early childhood. It is a natural tool for children to develop resiliency as they learn to cooperate, overcome challenges, and negotiate with others. Play also allows children to be creative.
The Olympics: The Power of Play in Action
The Olympics have given our global community a spectacular platform to revel in each other’s triumphs, admire strength in defeat and unite in common passions at a time when it’s sorely needed, reminding us that sports are more than just fun and games - they are a part of our local, national and global identity.
Why Kids in Bangkok Play Soccer on Oddly Shaped Fields
In a slum neighborhood, non-rectangular pitches boost opportunities for play.
Play as a Way to Ameliorate Poverty
The benefits children get from play are incalculable, yet the children who may need it most tend to get the least of it.
3 Ways To Close The 'Play Gap' Between Rich And Poor Kids
Think of playtime like an innovation lab where tomorrow’s civilization is being actively designed.
I Love to Watch You Play
A place for parents seeking balance, sanity and an edge in the crazy world of youth sports.
KaBOOM!
KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to bringing balanced and active play into the daily lives of all kids, particularly those growing up in poverty in America.
Right to Play
Right To Play empowers children to rise above these challenges and find their way back to hope.
The Genius of Play
The Genius of Play is a movement to bring more play into kid’s lives! Raising smarter, happier and healthier kids...that's the Genius of Play!
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