Comments on: A New Nostalgia http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/ Helping families and teachers protect and promote imaginative play in our way-too-busy, consumer-driven, media-filled world. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kspiegel http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/comment-page-1/#comment-152 kspiegel Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:31:58 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.com/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/#comment-152 Summer fun when I was growing up in during the '70's in Brooklyn included going to the pool to swim during the day and catching fireflies at night with the neighbor kids while the grown-ups chatted on the porch.<br />"Old-school" winter fun included playing board games, card games and trading stationary. Summer fun when I was growing up in during the '70's in Brooklyn included going to the pool to swim during the day and catching fireflies at night with the neighbor kids while the grown-ups chatted on the porch.
"Old-school" winter fun included playing board games, card games and trading stationary.

]]> By: Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:23:38 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.com/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/#comment-149 Sidewalk chalk is one of my all-time favorite toys. I wrote about it on an earlier post. Thanks for the reminder! http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2009/05/no-batteries-required.html Sidewalk chalk is one of my all-time favorite toys. I wrote about it on an earlier post. Thanks for the reminder! http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2009/05/no-batteries-required.html

]]> By: kmarsh http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148 kmarsh Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:12:06 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.com/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/#comment-148 One other thing: we have watched the neighborhood kids, three households, four kids as they bang in and out of the houses and get into projects, sometimes mischief. This has made me think of trouble and perceived risk: getting into trouble that is not irreversible, like making mud where you shouldn't and digging holes that can be filled up. The beauty of getting into "trouble" and projects of your own making is that it builds intense kid culture and develops such a strong sense of self and group. They are making their own tribe, though they are from three very different-looking families: single mom, gay moms, mom and dad; African American and European. <br /><br />They made their own T-shirts with sharpies and markers and have developed their own set of rules and expectations. They live outside, on different porches according to the weather and we are not anxious about being alone, making play dates, etc. <br /><br />The other night Madeline turned to us and said "Wow, I'm not watching much TV these days". It's pretty cool and so important to us that she have this important time of her own making, different from school, different from camp. One other thing: we have watched the neighborhood kids, three households, four kids as they bang in and out of the houses and get into projects, sometimes mischief. This has made me think of trouble and perceived risk: getting into trouble that is not irreversible, like making mud where you shouldn't and digging holes that can be filled up. The beauty of getting into "trouble" and projects of your own making is that it builds intense kid culture and develops such a strong sense of self and group. They are making their own tribe, though they are from three very different-looking families: single mom, gay moms, mom and dad; African American and European.

They made their own T-shirts with sharpies and markers and have developed their own set of rules and expectations. They live outside, on different porches according to the weather and we are not anxious about being alone, making play dates, etc.

The other night Madeline turned to us and said "Wow, I'm not watching much TV these days". It's pretty cool and so important to us that she have this important time of her own making, different from school, different from camp.

]]> By: kmarsh http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/comment-page-1/#comment-147 kmarsh Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:03:01 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.com/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/#comment-147 Two things about sidewalk chalk: we are playing with Crayola's giant brush with sidewalk paint and will try the "airbrush" one--I'm not so much on the rake--once you do it a couple of times, then what? Also--there is nothing my seniors like more than sidewalk drawing after all of their exhibitions and reviews are over--some of those drawings on Ipswich street have been inspired! Two things about sidewalk chalk: we are playing with Crayola's giant brush with sidewalk paint and will try the "airbrush" one–I'm not so much on the rake–once you do it a couple of times, then what? Also–there is nothing my seniors like more than sidewalk drawing after all of their exhibitions and reviews are over–some of those drawings on Ipswich street have been inspired!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Anonymous Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:18:37 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.com/2009/07/a-new-nostalgia-2/#comment-145 Wiffle ball and going in the pool were the first two things on his list of what he liked about playing with his cousin in Long Island this weekend. Pokimon card play was third and although neither of them really know how to play, they do enjoy it.<br />Bill Wiffle ball and going in the pool were the first two things on his list of what he liked about playing with his cousin in Long Island this weekend. Pokimon card play was third and although neither of them really know how to play, they do enjoy it.
Bill

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