Kids benefit from free play. But they're spending more time on academics –– and less time playing. So a group of educators formed the Global School Play Day movement: an entire school day devoted to letting students play. (via MindShiftKQED)
dvocate for the protection of children’s unstructured playtime because of its numerous benefits, including the development of foundational motor skills that may have lifelong benefits for the prevention of obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes.”
Gray’s message resonates with Scott Bedley, 2014 Orange County Teacher of the Year, who teaches fourth grade. “We’re just seeing an out-of-balance life for kids,” he said of students he sees who are pressured to succeed academically. “There is a learning value behind play if you just allow it to happen.”
Bedley has seen the consequences of stressed-out kids who aren’t getting enough free time, and he’s not alone. Those experiences prompted him and several teachers in his professional network to startin 2015. They figured if kids didn’t have enough time to play after school, they’d elevate its importance by devoting an entire school day to it. They hoped it would jump-start a broader conversation among parents and teachers about what kids are missing when there’s too much focus on achievement.
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