Goodbye Recess; Kids Don't Need Play

re: Goodbye Recess; Kids Don't Need Play

anonymous2 — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:37:59 GMT

martinsgirl: "I wouldn't say any kid is over educated in this country...but they need they're [sic] playtime." Priceless!

re: Goodbye Recess; Kids Don't Need Play

martinsgirl — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:52:41 GMT

i wouldn't say any kid is over educated in this country... but they need

they're playtime... they learn a lot through play as well.

re: Goodbye Recess; Kids Don't Need Play

Treespeed — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:06:52 GMT

I guess we’re lucky, in that most of the parents in our group, and daycare, put a big emphasis on play. I don’t really see why it’s the researcher’s job to “help” you deal with parents who have a different parenting philosophy than you. So some Mom was going on about flashcards, was she so threatening you couldn’t bring up your opinions on freeplay? It’s not like she strapped your kid down and made her recite her times tables. Why didn’t you ask her opinion on how much playtime she though was necessary instead of just looking at her like she was an alien, maybe then you could have heard her opinion, and what she was basing it on, instead of just projecting your worst fears onto someone trying to do the best for their child.

re: Goodbye Recess; Kids Don't Need Play

jacfu — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:25:04 GMT

No recess??? That's horrible! I can't imagine a world without recess. Recess and naptime are two very important parts of school. Forget soccer, football, and baseball. We want Tag, kickball, and four square! It pains me to think of children growing up having never hit a tetherball. Children already have too much homework and dates drummed into their heads. What do kids remember most about school-the field trips or the sitting in class lesson plans? Make lessons more hands on and fun and we'd see more active learning.