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As television occupied more of their leisure time, the children engaged in fewer of these interactive stimuli.
Their world shrank accordingly.
Experiences that they can later remember and apply to other parts of their lives. #outdoors #outdoorlearning #outdooreducation #steiner #steinered #Montessori
Free-playing kids develop social skills, co-operation, and other mental tools. #notel #TownWithoutTelevision #playmatters #outdoorlearning #outdooreducation #outdoored
During free-play, the child is a continuous, active participant. #adventure #freeplay #outdoorplay #outdooreducation #outdoored #OutdoorEdChat #playmatters #riskyplay
Two pages from my new comic The Town Without Television, about the benefits of free-playing to children.
Read the whole thing via https://t.co/edKeUzSAQG #outdoorplay #play #childhood #riskyplay #edutwitter
My latest comic: in 1973, researchers studied the last remaining Canadian town without TV reception, and ran ‘before’ and ‘after’ experiments.
Read the full thing via https://t.co/edKeUzSAQG
The impact of television on children's creativity and imagination.
Read the full comic The Town Without Television: https://t.co/edKeUzSAQG #notelstudy #notelexperiment #townwithouttelevision
More on the benefits of "boredom" and daydreaming to children.
Read the full comic The Town Without Television: https://t.co/edKeUzSAQG #edutwitter #childhood #EarlyChildhood #play #riskyplay
The benefits of "boredom" and daydreaming to children.
Read the full comic The Town Without Television: https://t.co/edKeUzSAQG #edutwitter #earlychildhood #childhood
Comparison between the 'before TV' and 'after TV' results of the Notel experiment. Read the full comic The Town Without Television: https://t.co/edKeUzSAQG