The Importance of PLAY
While baduk is a game for which strategy books and discussions are seemingly unlimited, and for which you can get a Ph.D. in Myongji University, South Korea. However, baduk is also very much fun. It has simple rules which can be learned within seven to ten minutes. Baduk is in many ways a delightful board game which is the essence of play. Edward Lasker, a German chess grandmaster and one of the three founders of the American Go Association, said this about baduk: While the Baroque rules of Chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of Go are so elegant, organic, and rigorously logical that if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe they almost certainly play Go. - Edward Lasker
Play is important for optimal development, and in our minds, highly underrated:
Theory: * The Decline of Play and Rise in Children's Mental Disorders: There's a reason kids are more anxious and depressed than ever. Jan 26, 2010. Peter Gray, Psychology Today.
* The Serious Need for Play: Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive development. It makes us better adjusted, smarter and less stressed. By Melinda Wenner, Scientific American Mind - January 28, 2009 (Same Article, but with pictures)
* Crisis in the Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School, by Edward Miller and Joan Almon.
The following quote sums up well the activity of Christopher and David at play. They are playing right now, with some Lego, continuing a project that we had to cut short last night . . . leaving them a superb reason to wake up early.
"Young children work hard at play. They invent scenes and stories, solve problems, and negotiate their way through social roadblocks. They know what they want to do and work diligently to do it. Because their motivation comes from within, they learn the powerful lesson of pursuing their own ideas to a successful conclusion." Page 4.
* Executive Function: What’s Play Got To Do With It?
Practice:
* Serious Play: Games and Play to Develop Executive Functioning
* From the Playroom: Finding Opportunities for Children to Learn through Play.
Popular Press:
* A Serious Need for Free Play, by Carlo Rotella, Boston Globe
While baduk is a game for which strategy books and discussions are seemingly unlimited, and for which you can get a Ph.D. in Myongji University, South Korea. However, baduk is also very much fun. It has simple rules which can be learned within seven to ten minutes. Baduk is in many ways a delightful board game which is the essence of play. Edward Lasker, a German chess grandmaster and one of the three founders of the American Go Association, said this about baduk: While the Baroque rules of Chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of Go are so elegant, organic, and rigorously logical that if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe they almost certainly play Go. - Edward Lasker
Play is important for optimal development, and in our minds, highly underrated:
Theory: * The Decline of Play and Rise in Children's Mental Disorders: There's a reason kids are more anxious and depressed than ever. Jan 26, 2010. Peter Gray, Psychology Today.
* The Serious Need for Play: Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive development. It makes us better adjusted, smarter and less stressed. By Melinda Wenner, Scientific American Mind - January 28, 2009 (Same Article, but with pictures)
* Crisis in the Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School, by Edward Miller and Joan Almon.
The following quote sums up well the activity of Christopher and David at play. They are playing right now, with some Lego, continuing a project that we had to cut short last night . . . leaving them a superb reason to wake up early.
"Young children work hard at play. They invent scenes and stories, solve problems, and negotiate their way through social roadblocks. They know what they want to do and work diligently to do it. Because their motivation comes from within, they learn the powerful lesson of pursuing their own ideas to a successful conclusion." Page 4.
* Executive Function: What’s Play Got To Do With It?
Practice:
* Serious Play: Games and Play to Develop Executive Functioning
* From the Playroom: Finding Opportunities for Children to Learn through Play.
Popular Press:
* A Serious Need for Free Play, by Carlo Rotella, Boston Globe