A recent article in USA Today is a great reminder of all the fun my generation had playing as kids. If you’re looking for a great, inexpensive entertainment for your children, look no further than your own childhood..
For some children reared in the Internet age, a hula hoop and hopscotch are “brand-new activities that will provide them with a sense of novelty this summer
Not only is “retro play” inexpensive and fun, it also has great physical, social and educational benefits. The article states that through play kids
..learn about their bodies through movement. Jumping up and falling down provides lessons in gravity. Throwing balls and other things help improve eye-hand coordination.
Just horsing around with other kids helps them learn a sense of fairness, cooperation and social awareness…Play helps sculpt our brains. It creates valuable skills that are valuable in the workplace later in life.
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Thanks for sharing! As parents, we need to make sure that our kids are doing real activities with real objects (not just existing in a virtual world), and even doing unorganized, unscheduled activities!
I was recently with a group of about 20 adults, who were reminiscing about their childhoods. Each one of them related stories of their favorite memories of play. Not one of those memories involved structured, adult-led, or even paid activities. It is worth asking what memories our children will cherish from the play in their childhoods.