Reply to Help: What does "play-based" even mean?

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Help: What does "play-based" even mean?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even art projects can reflect the philosophy of the school.  Are the kids shown a sample project made by the teacher and then given the supplies to make their own (which, of course, will be sloppy and cockeyed by comparison), or are they given a collection of raw materials and told to make them into whatever they want?  The first approach can damage self-esteem, whereas the latter fosters creativity and imagination. [/quote]

Can we all just pay attention to the absurdity of this discussion for a minute?  40,000 years of evolution in unbelievably challenging circumstances (elements, famine, war), and now we worry about damaging children by showing them what adults are capable of producing?  I swear the end of times is upon us.[/quote]

As someone who has worked in incredibly challenging circumstances in the current world -- environments that involve famine, war, and disaster -- there's a lot of damage that happens to children under those circumstances.  Surviving is not thriving.

Children can survive an awful lot.  That doesn't mean there isn't damage from less dramatic events in their lives.  Children who are subjected to highly academic and structured environments will be more anxious about learning, less creative, and have less initiative.  That's damage I don't want my children to have.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics