On Friday, we will be celebrating Global School Play Day by setting aside a chunk of our day for unstructured play. Due to our All School Writing Celebration on 2/1 and some snow days, we will celebrate on 2/12. As a staff, we have been discussing the importance of play, joy and choice.
CALL FOR TOYS Tell your class to bring anything they wish to play with to school on Friday February 12th. The only restrictions: they must bring toys and these toys may NOT require batteries or electricity. No devices. Here are some ideas: board games, dolls, Legos, blocks, trucks, cars, racetracks, playing cards, empty cardboard boxes, markers, jigsaw puzzles, blankets (for forts), social games (charades, Pictionary, etc.) The only exception on the electronics rule would be a board game that has an electronic timer, an electronics play kit, or similar.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I am excited to bring this into our day!
Take care
Mary
Here are links to some thought provoking TED talks
The decline of play: Peter Gray
Play, passion, purpose: Tony Wagner
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