National Institution for Play.
Play + Science = Transformation
Play belongs as a public health measure, yet many adults view it as something leftover after everything else is done.
Play signals - builds trust
Neuroscience that develops--new connections occur regaularly through play
Deep heritage of play is embedded into all of us
Play and risk together. Calculated. Train for the unexpected. Do a few things beyond the norm.
Play is self-directed. Self-motivated.
Object play.
Book recommendation: Frank Wilson's "The Hand" Hand-brain activity
Natural Curiousity
Pretend Real Play and Secret Spaces of Childhood ("fort")
Adults spend their life somewhere between pretend and real time
Social Play (Parallel Play)Creates a sense of community and belonging (attachment).
Bullying is not play.
Trust, belonging, optimism, and increasing mastery are biproducts of play.
Play creates a sense of community and belonging.
Deprevity of play leads to altered behaviors. (social competency is affected)
Impulses are there.
Celebratory Play.
Ritual Play.
Aesthetic Play
Narrative Play
Master Teachers incorporate good storytelling/narrative play into the classroom and learning engagement.
Many of us have lost in adulthood the ability to recognize play signaling.
Consequences of NOT PLAYING.
Absence of Empathy
Rigidity
Interpersonal Conflict
Joylessness
Addictions
Dimished Curiousity
Workaholism
Oppisite of Play is Depression
the opposite of play is not "work", it's depression.
Work and Play are not opposites, they should go hand and hand
If you aren't playing in life you are going against your natural design
Play and love are connected at the deepest level.
If we played more we might pay attention better to that around us.
Empathy develops through play.
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