Home
About Us
Contact Us
What's Happening
Parent Resources
More

Home
About Us
Contact Us
What's Happening
Parent Resources

Welcome

"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." ~ Mr. Rogers

Parent Resources

Online Resources

Click the links below for more information on Play and Play-Based research

The Stages of Play a resource from Tinkergarten

https://tinkergarten.wistia.com/medias/exofz2la4o

Five Reasons to Stop Saying Good Job by Alfie Kohn

https://www.alfiekohn.org/article/five-reasons-stop-saying-good-job/

Give Childhood Back to Children by Peter Gray

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/give-childhood-back-to-children-if-we-want-our-offspring-to-have-happy-productive-and-moral-lives-we-must-allow-more-time-for-play-not-less-are-you-listening-gove-9054433.html

The Over Protected Kid by Hanna Rosin

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/hey-parents-leave-those-kids-alone/358631/

Over Parentings Faulty Logic by Madeline Levine

https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Over-parenting-s-faulty-logic-3779426.php

The Play Deficit by Peter Gray

https://aeon.co/essays/children-today-are-suffering-a-severe-deficit-of-play

Great Books to Check Out

These are great books on play and child development to read.

Balanced Barefoot

https://amzn.to/3heMvKJ

It's Ok to Go Up the Slide

https://a.co/4afYnQa

https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B0087GJ8TI&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_F5XS

It's Ok NOT to Share...

It's OK Not to Share and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids: Shumaker, Heather: 9781585429363: Amazon.com: Books

Add a footnote if this applies to your business

Copyright © 2022 Barton House Playschool - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by GoDaddy