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	<title>Comments on: More On Play</title>
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		<title>By: bunnygirl</title>
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		<description>I work in a middle school and I really think my students need time to run around &amp; just act silly.  Especially the 6th graders (especially the boys).  I think they&#039;d do much better in the classroom if they had a period to just let off some steam, in a playground or park -- or even just some unstructured time to run around in the gym, making up their own games.  Sports and calisthenics are NOT the same as REAL play.&lt;br /&gt;
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Left to their own devices, the kids will use their imagination.  I guess at home they play computer games, but if they&#039;re bored enough &amp; have no set task and no &quot;real&quot; toys they will make stuff up the way I used to when I was a kid.  I&#039;d much rather see little boys chasing each other around with bookends (I work in a school library) pretending that they&#039;re ray guns or something then see them sitting motionless in front of a computer screen playing a computer game -- and I&#039;d much rather see little girls getting giggly &amp; loud, playing &quot;school&quot; than checking out each others&#039; nail tips!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I work in a middle school and I really think my students need time to run around &amp; just act silly.  Especially the 6th graders (especially the boys).  I think they&#8217;d do much better in the classroom if they had a period to just let off some steam, in a playground or park &#8212; or even just some unstructured time to run around in the gym, making up their own games.  Sports and calisthenics are NOT the same as REAL play.</p>
<p>Left to their own devices, the kids will use their imagination.  I guess at home they play computer games, but if they&#8217;re bored enough &amp; have no set task and no &#8220;real&#8221; toys they will make stuff up the way I used to when I was a kid.  I&#8217;d much rather see little boys chasing each other around with bookends (I work in a school library) pretending that they&#8217;re ray guns or something then see them sitting motionless in front of a computer screen playing a computer game &#8212; and I&#8217;d much rather see little girls getting giggly &amp; loud, playing &#8220;school&#8221; than checking out each others&#8217; nail tips!</p>
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