A big thank you to The Early Years Institute for the wonderful conference on Friday. The conference, “We Interrupt This Program: Playing and Learning in the Age of Hyper-Media”, brought together many folks fighting the good fight on behalf of children. The Early Years Institute is a young non-profit organization aimed at “helping communities value [...]
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Here’s hoping your weekend holiday was wonderful – and filled with many chances to play “unplugged”. Yesterday, my family and I spent a few hours taking a walk on trails around a nearby lake. As we walked, the boys, of course, invented a few games to play along the way. Tossing acorns into the lake [...] Have you heard about Disney’s new endeavor, “Disney Junior”? It adds ten hours a day of new television programming aimed at kids ages 2 to 5-year-olds. Disney Junior, to be launched in February, will focus on storytelling and social skills, instead of the academic focus of many preschool shows. You see, Disney did some of [...] Today I am packing for Anaheim, CA, where I will be joining friends and colleagues at the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) Annual Conference. I’ll be there with other members of TRUCE (Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment) and we will be sharing our resources Media and Young Children Action Guide and [...] Yesterday I was lucky enough to come home early from work. “Put your sneakers on,” my sons pleaded. “We can play kickball.” I changed into my play clothes and got outside as fast as I could. We played a few innings of our version of kickball (boys against mom, one-out innings) and had fun. As [...]
One thing is for sure: families are hungry for opportunities to play. Yesterday’s Ultimate Block Party in Central Park was a very busy place. Families waded through the crowds and waited on lines for a chance to build, pretend, create and more. My sons were disappointed to be turned away from the [...] Count me as one of the thousands of folks looking forward to Sunday’s Ultimate Block Party in New York’s Central Park. Designed to bring attention to the disappearance of childhood play – and to help everyone understand the value of play – the Ultimate Block Party will draw families to the park with a [...] “Fun for all ages” is a wonderful concept. When thinking about imaginative play, and life in general, you know you have a hit when a wide range of ages can be equally engaged. Last week, our family held the second annual “Cousin’s Camp” for our upcoming generation. We had 15 campers ranging in age from [...] |
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