tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post8112165978662863246..comments2023-10-30T09:38:02.741-04:00Comments on In These Hills: Old-Fashioned PlayMaymomvthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08660028340050789552noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-49521509168592009202009-03-09T22:15:00.000-04:002009-03-09T22:15:00.000-04:00GREAT post..i totally relate to what you are sayin...GREAT post..i totally relate to what you are saying. For me it's all about being fully engaged in the rythm of the day..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-28304072973938140642008-05-17T05:31:00.001-04:002008-05-17T05:31:00.001-04:00What a great post - I know its an old one but I mi...What a great post - I know its an old one but I missed it. This kind of play is so important, and so sadly undervalued. I love the Mittnens stuff in your sidebar - its gold!Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507297241750333316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-89724865799459106772008-05-17T05:31:00.000-04:002008-05-17T05:31:00.000-04:00What a great post - I know its an old one but I mi...What a great post - I know its an old one but I missed it. This kind of play is so important, and so sadly undervalued. I love the Mittnens stuff in your sidebar - its gold!Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507297241750333316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-70305587757713488762008-03-06T20:13:00.000-05:002008-03-06T20:13:00.000-05:00such an important post. thank you for putting this...such an important post. thank you for putting this on the front burner for me again. xoxGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601835397311364086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-19293076019155980762008-03-04T23:06:00.000-05:002008-03-04T23:06:00.000-05:00O.K. What are the kids doing before & after this 4...O.K. What are the kids doing before & after this 40 mins of play? I don't get it. What else is there to do when you are a kid?<BR/>My kids are just like yours. If I'm working, they're "working"...XxxWorld Wide Alternativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08136925137010566003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-52901483805053045662008-03-02T10:10:00.000-05:002008-03-02T10:10:00.000-05:00What a great reminder - and I had not thought abou...What a great reminder - and I had not thought about how when I am at work about the house, they play more, and when I am occupied with a book or the computer, they swarm (mine just left a very creative play moment to come stand by me when the computer screen opened up). That alone should make a huge difference in our house this week - thanks.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09920960178906851812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-39536525192488493752008-03-02T10:01:00.000-05:002008-03-02T10:01:00.000-05:00"I find it sad that more and more kids need to be ..."I find it sad that more and more kids need to be taught how to play."<BR/><BR/>Me too! I really enjoyed reading your blog. :)Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123765093917478478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-76194370255813287842008-03-02T07:02:00.000-05:002008-03-02T07:02:00.000-05:00Lisa Anne--I've seen the same. I'm close to a fami...Lisa Anne--I've seen the same. I'm close to a family whose teens had very scheduled childhoods--theater, sports, music every afternoon, evening, and Saturday morning. As teens, they have pulled back from some of these activities, but now do not know what to do with themselves. Then then dig into their media and further disconnect. It's interesting to be looking at it all from the teen angle now and to see how the play skills they develop when young can influence the teen years.Maymomvthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08660028340050789552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-68987722114287355832008-03-01T20:15:00.000-05:002008-03-01T20:15:00.000-05:00I appreciated this post so much Sarah. I think yo...I appreciated this post so much Sarah. I think you're right about the adult needing to keep busy moving around the house with their own tasks in order to encourage more creative play. I know that as soon as my kids see me working at the computer or reading, they want my attention. I've been getting up earlier recently so that I could still blog and not have it interfere with my family life during the day and it has helped so much. My kids unfortunately have had too much t.v. viewing in their lives and now I have the task of trying to encourage them to play on their own- it's difficult sometimes and I like to read your blog because I learn so much from you about how to do this.dawn klingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10068232686648964979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-55069759054951937172008-03-01T17:59:00.000-05:002008-03-01T17:59:00.000-05:00I have been lucky enough to work in a Waldorf Kind...I have been lucky enough to work in a Waldorf Kindergarten for a few years before moving here, some children come into the classroom and actually do not know how to play, for most it only takes a few weeks after watching the other children to engage in imaginative, meaningful play. For some children whose lives are filled with media images or over scheduled lives, they never quite catch on, they constantly reenact what they see on TV, mostly they play over and over the violent images they see on TV, its as though they do not know how to digest those images and the only way to deal with them is to act it out in their play time. For those children we give them lots of meaningful work in the classroom because they cannot play, its so sad. Its very hard to get through to those parents about the affects of Media, but at least they are in a Waldorf school and maybe it will affect their life positively somehow.Lisa Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718859767050003081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-21565859840484953792008-03-01T17:27:00.000-05:002008-03-01T17:27:00.000-05:00I read this article as well and left it with a tan...I read this article as well and left it with a tangle of thoughts and some bunched up knickers. Most of the kids at the new school will not engage in play anymore... they are too "old"... but Tess still happily plays with her friends from the old school and some of the younger neighborhood kids or the children she babysits. It's kind of ironic. They all have expensive gaming equipment and such but like coming to play a our house because we have none of that and they get to play games like hide and seek, vet's office, library or tongue twisters and hand clapping games, which they think are pretty cool.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103167694603570050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-49792090701546047652008-03-01T14:41:00.000-05:002008-03-01T14:41:00.000-05:00Wow, 30-40 minutes of play allowed per day. How......Wow, 30-40 minutes of play allowed per day. How...generous. I have no idea where they came up with that! And did they really use the word "allowed"?<BR/><BR/>If anyone figures out a way to get kids to play while their parents read, I'll nominate them for the Nobel Peace Prize :)<BR/><BR/>My son tends to want more interaction with me, while my daughter will easily be off in her own world for long periods. I've struggled with the feeling of being a "slacker" too, if I'm not directly engaged with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569172028748385982.post-57611886575168476232008-03-01T12:54:00.000-05:002008-03-01T12:54:00.000-05:00Hi Sarah,Thanks for your comment (and link). I agr...Hi Sarah,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment (and link). I agree with you that people worry too much about orchestrating their children's play. The focus nowadays seems to be about providing "an enriching" environment for children at home, and in after-school activities. Kids aren't allowed to be bored anymore.<BR/><BR/>When I first started blogging I was shocked by the number of people who seem to have their toddlers days planned from morning until night with "enriching" learning and crafts. My philosophy has always been to let the kids run loose in the house or outside (with me nearby of course when they are little) while I "do my thing." I don't want to spend my whole day engaged one-on-one with my kids. <BR/><BR/>This discovery about imaginative, unsupervised play being beneficial makes me feel a whole lot better about what I thought was perhaps a "slacker" attitude on my part! (I feel a post coming on too...)<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your weekend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com