http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/02/snow-day-learning-packet-just-let-them-play/ Helping families and teachers protect and promote imaginative play in our way-too-busy, consumer-driven, media-filled world. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:19:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/02/snow-day-learning-packet-just-let-them-play/comment-page-1/#comment-483 David Kittner Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:03:34 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/?p=500#comment-483 This is absolutely disgusting. It's bad enough schools feel a need to send home mounds of homework every night, which only serves to tell me how to spend my family time, now they want to dictate how families spend their snow days. Perhaps school administrators can spend their snow days reviewing the research that indicates the value of play. Thank you. David This is absolutely disgusting. It’s bad enough schools feel a need to send home mounds of homework every night, which only serves to tell me how to spend my family time, now they want to dictate how families spend their snow days. Perhaps school administrators can spend their snow days reviewing the research that indicates the value of play. Thank you. David

]]> http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/02/snow-day-learning-packet-just-let-them-play/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Geralyn Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:54:58 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/?p=500#comment-468 Oh my goodness! I had never heard of this before Tuesday, but perhaps it is a bigger trend than I even realized. The amazing thing is that the students (so far) have all been in elementary school. Makes it even a harder pill to swallow! I'd love to know how the other parents in your daughter's class reacted to the packet. (And what pressure the teacher is feeling to send it home in the first place.) Oh my goodness! I had never heard of this before Tuesday, but perhaps it is a bigger trend than I even realized. The amazing thing is that the students (so far) have all been in elementary school. Makes it even a harder pill to swallow! I’d love to know how the other parents in your daughter’s class reacted to the packet. (And what pressure the teacher is feeling to send it home in the first place.)

]]> http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/02/snow-day-learning-packet-just-let-them-play/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Beth Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:01:41 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/?p=500#comment-465 Well I guess this must be a popular trend. My daughter, who goes to school in Newburgh, also got a "snow day packet" sent home on Tuesday afternoon. I was so disgusted! Heaven forbid they actually use the snow day to play in the snow! Luckily, I also had a snow day since I am a teacher. If not, I don't know where I would have found all the extra time to help her complete the packet... Well I guess this must be a popular trend. My daughter, who goes to school in Newburgh, also got a “snow day packet” sent home on Tuesday afternoon. I was so disgusted! Heaven forbid they actually use the snow day to play in the snow! Luckily, I also had a snow day since I am a teacher. If not, I don’t know where I would have found all the extra time to help her complete the packet…

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