Thinking About Children by Amber TAYLOR https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz A place for us to discuss and share ideas... en-us 2021-09-02 07:32:20 UTC 2023-04-16 13:25:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Do you remember what life was like for you as a child? ataylor276 https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1712229929 Make a short list of words or short phrases to describe how the adults around you 'saw' you?  How did your community view children?  What was life like for you as a child?  Click on the + to make your list.]]> 2021-09-02 07:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1712229929 ataylor276 https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1714890235 This is a resource we use to help us to think and reflect on how we view the children we teach. We wanted to share it with you all as your role of parents has grown into the sphere of 'teacher' as well. ]]> 2021-09-03 08:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1714890235 tdavis255 https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1720390295 Children spent most of their time outside
Getting messy and being creative was good
Independent
The older you got the more responsibilities you got given & freedom
Listened to ]]> 2021-09-07 01:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1720390295 Freedom with Boundaries dgostelow https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1721055303 Growing up I was given a lot of independence to explore the streets and parks. The area I could explore grew with age and I always knew my boundaries. My family always knew I had a good day when I returned home covered in mud. Scratches and bruises were all part of growing up.]]> 2021-09-07 06:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1721055303 How do you view children? What words or images come to your mind when you think about children? ataylor276 https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1726142781 “There are hundreds of different images of the child. Each one of you has inside yourself an image of the child that directs you as you begin to relate to a child.  This theory within you pushes you to behave in certain ways; it orients you as you talk to the child, listen to the child, observe the child…” 
- Loris Malaguzzi]]> 2021-09-08 22:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1726142781 ataylor276 https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1726145503 Complex
Joyful
Forgiving
Competent]]> 2021-09-08 22:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1726145503 ataylor276 https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1727123127 2021-09-09 05:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1727123127 ataylor276 https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1727127551 2021-09-09 05:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1727127551 ataylor276 https://padlet.com/ataylor276/nmmbx577m1a6panz/wish/1727144238 Unstructured play is a set of activities that children dream up on their own without adult intervention. This type of play rarely has predetermined goals or objectives but instead allows children to create their own rules and establish their own limits. Recent research suggests that children should experience twice as much unstructured time as structured play experiences and touts the benefits of unstructured play on whole child development:

• It provides opportunities for children to master elements of the world on their own terms.

• It develops self-determination, self-esteem, and the ability to self-regulate — all vital elements of emotional development.

• It fosters social competence, respect for rules, self-discipline, aggression control, problem solving skills, leadership development, conflict resolution, and playing by the rules.

• It stimulates the senses and allows children to discover the different textures and elements in the world.

• It provides fertile ground to cultivate creativity and imagination.

• It enhances cognitive understandings.

• It builds strength, coordination and cardiovascular fitness and moderates childhood obesity and its associated health complications.

• It sees boredom as a vehicle for children to create their own happiness, enhance inventiveness, and develop self-reliance.

…Striking a balance between structured and unstructured play is the key to whole child development in the 21st century.
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