[regional_school] Re: Play helps brain development & promotes fairness, justice and empathy
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- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:35:53 -0400
Yes! I agree with this position on play.
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Subject: [regional_school] Play helps brain development & promotes fairness,
justice and empathy
Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the
Soul by Stuart Brown, MD and Christopher Vaughan
Stuart Brown, a physician, psychiatrist, clinical researcher and the founder of
the National Institute for Play, has made a career of studying the effects of
play on people and animals. His conclusion is that play is no less important
than oxygen, and that it's a powerful force in nature that helps determine the
likelihood of the very survival of the human race. Having studied thousands of
people's play histories, from murderers to Nobel Prize winners, Brown reveals
that play is an essential way humans learn to socialize. Beginning with the
very first play interactions between mother and child, and working up to adult
relationships between couples and co-workers, Brown describes how play helps
brain development and promotes fairness, justice and empathy.
Work and play are mutually supportive, he argues, noting that play increases
efficiency and productivity (playful folks, he claims, are also healthier).
Sprinkled with anecdotes demonstrating the play habits of subjects as diverse
as polar bears and corporate CEOs, Brown and co-writer Vaughan (The Promise of
Sleep) present a compelling case for promoting play at ever
y age. The authors include helpful tips for bringing play back into grownup
lives, including being active, spending time with others who are playful and
rethinking the misguided notion that adult play is silly or undignified.
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Reviews:
“This is one of the most important books I have ever read. Now, more than ever,
we need to think more creatively. Dr. Stuart Brown shows us the way. Without
play and physical activity we can’t cultivate the skills necessary to handle
changing times. For our own sake and the sake of our children, we need to play
again with exuberance and give it the place in our lives it deserves. Anyone
who cares about the future of our world should read this book. It is a
gift.”
John J. Ratey, MD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical
School, coauthor of Driven to Distraction and author of Spark
“Stuart Brown introduces us to the importance of play in the lives of animals
and humans, its role in developing social and locomotive skills in children,
freedom from inhibitions and creative thinking in later life. This important
book explores how play can improve - and joyously change - your life.”
Jane Goodall Ph.D., DBE , founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger
of Peace
Nancy Stanton Multer
Early C
hildhood Specialist
Engaging Young Learners
...there's always time for discovery & surprise
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Middlesex, NY 14507
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