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Imaginative Play – Without it Children Miss Out
April 17, 2019
Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you are alive, it isn't.
-Richard Bach

“Research builds a very strong case that childhood play is a required experience in order to become a civilized, fully-realized human being,” writes Karen Stephens in an Exchange magazine article that serves as the foundation for an Out of the Box Training Kit.

“Put another way,” she explains, “these are skills, knowledge, and dispositions that children are at risk of not developing if deprived of enough free time, space, and opportunity for creative play:

  • abstract and symbolic thinking, decision-making, creative problem solving and goal setting;
  • complex language development…
  • emotional awareness and competence…
  • social skills, such as patience, cooperation, negotiation, non-violent conflict resolution…
  • formation of a moral or ethical code that distinguishes right from wrong, respect for others’ rights and ability to work toward the greater good.”




Out of the Box Training Kits

Use coupon code MUDDY
for buy one, get one FREE Training Kits

The Out of the Box Training Kit, "A Muddy First: Play for Joy and Learning," helps teachers understand the benefits of mud play as a learning experience. They will learn ways to conduct and evaluate activities involving mud and other sensory play materials. As a result of this training, Learners will be able to explain the benefits, and prepare for, conduct, and evaluate a mud day or other messy play activity.

Use coupon code COURAGE when prompted.
May not be combined with any other offer.
Sale expires June 24, 2020, at 11:59 pm PST.

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