I saw Bolt today with some friends. Great movie, people. The best thing Disney has done in years. I think Pixar must be rubbing off on them
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I blame technology. Computers and movies and television do so much of the work for the modern child that they no longer need to imagine on their own. Children now need to be taught what came naturally to our generation. An unfortunate task.
What came naturally to our generation? I don't know about your follow generationers, but I grew up watching TV and playing videogames. People said the same think about radio and comicbooks, and yet look at us. The next generation will be no better or worse off than us.
perhaps I should clarify. The average child today spends 50% less time engaging in imaginitave play (this being playing with cars, dolls, blocks, other children) than the children of a generation ago. This is due in part to the preponderance of tv and video games. it is also due to the overscheduling of modern youth, the death of recess, and the lack of time made available to children for educational play during school hours.
But it means that this generation's children are less well-prepared to read and to learn. I'm basing this on the research of cognitive psychologists and other educators, as well as over a decade of experience in the classroom. Children who know how to engage in creative play read and comprehend better. The connection exists. The opposite is also true.
it is also due to the overscheduling of modern youth, the death of recess, and the lack of time made available to children for educational play during school hours.
H's Teacher: Why aren't you playing with the others? Heathcliff: I'm imagining I'm playing with the others. H's Teacher: *consults teaching textbook* That's not really imaginative play, you know. Heathcliff: Then am I NOT really imagining giving you the finger right now?
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What came naturally to our generation? I don't know about your follow generationers, but I grew up watching TV and playing videogames. People said the same think about radio and comicbooks, and yet look at us. The next generation will be no better or worse off than us.
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But it means that this generation's children are less well-prepared to read and to learn. I'm basing this on the research of cognitive psychologists and other educators, as well as over a decade of experience in the classroom. Children who know how to engage in creative play read and comprehend better. The connection exists. The opposite is also true.
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Okay, /this/ is different than when I was a kid.
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Current mood: indescribable
Hmmm....
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H's Teacher: Why aren't you playing with the others?
Heathcliff: I'm imagining I'm playing with the others.
H's Teacher: *consults teaching textbook* That's not really imaginative play, you know.
Heathcliff: Then am I NOT really imagining giving you the finger right now?
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