A review of "The Best Schools" will be coming soon and posted on the Book Review section of my Portfolio. In the meantime, I can't help but point out some quotes relative to my post on April 28, 2007.
- "This process of play may be the single most important thing that humans do." On mixing imagination with contents of the real world (e.g. block play). (Chapter 3, p. 74)
- "It may be that virtually every significant contribution to culture originally stemmed from a playful act that had its seeds in childhood." (Chapter 3, p.75)
- "...soccer games or other competitive sports events that take place on a regular basis in every community [are not play]. Play is an open-ended experience initiated by children that involves pretense, rough-and-tumble activity, or the spontaneous use of real objects for creative activity." (Chapter 3, p. 75)
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Thursday, June 7, 2007
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