Give Me That Old-Time Recess

Here's the article  Introduction Christine Gross-Loh is a full time author and a New York Times and international bestseller. She has written The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life; Parenting Without Borders: Surprising Things Parents Around the World Can Teach Us, and several others. Loh writes about topics such as history, education, philosophy,...

The Importance of Play in Early Childhood Development

Here's the article Introduction Jona K. Anderson-McNamee is an MSU Extension Family and Consumer Science Agent and Sandra J. Bailey is a Family and Human Development Specialist, also at MSU. Summary "Play is a child's work. Play is important" This quote is what begins the article and is a good overview of what is discussed in it....

The Impact of Technology on the Developing Child

Here's the article Introduction Author Cris Rowan is a biologist, author, speaker and pediatric occupational therapist. She is known to speak passionately about the crumbling of children's  foundations for development and learning due to technology.  Cris has first-hand knowledge of how technology has resulted in serious changes in a child’s development, behavior and their ability to learn....

All Work and No Play: Why Your Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed

Here's the article Introduction The author of this article, Esther Entin, regularly writes for the online magazine,  The Atlantic. She is a pediatrician and clinical associate professor of Family Medicine at Brown University's Warren Alpert School of Medicine. In addition to writing for The Atlantic, Entin writes for The Doctor You Will See Now.  Summary This article reviews...

The Importance of Play

Here's the article Introduction Author Karin Bilich is the director of content strategy and management for the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). She leads a team of writers, editors and producers to come together and create content to educate parents who have children with learning and attention issues.  The importance of play was published on this online...