I have alluded to the fact that play IS the WORK of children. Children function at a higher level during play than they do during times when there are constraints on their work. Real learning, learning that is meaningful and life-long, takes place IN play. Your job, as your child's first educator, is setting up valuable experiences where they can play. Many, many quick ways of doing just that are in other posts (more will come too!), but what is truly beautiful is when child and adult are able to play together in such a way that innovation takes place. Play is essential for all ages. Think of it this way:
"Employers take note: one of the first casualties of an overly authoritarian workplace is creativity and its byproduct, innovation. You're not going to venture a breakthrough idea if you know you'll be ignored or you won't get the credit for it or, for that matter, if your bladder is bursting. Which is why the most dynamic enterprises of recent years have been the dot-coms and other hi-tech companies where dress codes and punch-in times are often abandoned for a freewheeling, less hierarchical corporate culture." The google company is an admirable example of this (and no, they are not paying me!).
Get out of your comfort zone and play - do not worry about how it looks, what others would think, or if it is "right"- simply go by how it feels!
This also relates to the post on discipline vs punishment, and both post on empathy. Check them out and as you ponder these thoughts in how children's world relates to adults' post any and all comments on the main page.
"Employers take note: one of the first casualties of an overly authoritarian workplace is creativity and its byproduct, innovation. You're not going to venture a breakthrough idea if you know you'll be ignored or you won't get the credit for it or, for that matter, if your bladder is bursting. Which is why the most dynamic enterprises of recent years have been the dot-coms and other hi-tech companies where dress codes and punch-in times are often abandoned for a freewheeling, less hierarchical corporate culture." The google company is an admirable example of this (and no, they are not paying me!).
Get out of your comfort zone and play - do not worry about how it looks, what others would think, or if it is "right"- simply go by how it feels!
This also relates to the post on discipline vs punishment, and both post on empathy. Check them out and as you ponder these thoughts in how children's world relates to adults' post any and all comments on the main page.
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