Current Articles
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Early Education
Childhood's End: Growing Up Too Fast
M. Jones, Edutopia
April, 2008
Rush, Little Baby
Neil Swidey, The Boston Globe
October 28, 2007
Work vs. Play in Kindergarten
Joan Almon, The Washington Post
May 29, 2007
Nature
Statistics Prove Nature Impacts Children for the Better
The Beaumont Enterprise
October 3, 2007
Turf Wars
William Crain, The New York Times
September 16, 2007
Getting Lost in the Great Indoors
Donna St. George, The Washington Post
June 19, 2007
Families Explore Nature's Wonders in Rye
Rachel M. Collins, SeaCoast online
May 31, 2007
Why It’s Good to Get Dirty…
Lauren O’Hara, Cyprus Mail
April 11, 2007
Leave No Child Inside
Richard Louv, Orion Magazine
March 2007
Play
Old Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills
Alix Spiegel, NPR
February 21, 2008
Taking Play Seriously
Robin Marantz Henig,
New York Times Magazine
February 17, 2008
The Death and Life of American Imagination
Jeannine Ouellette,
The Rake (Minneapolis, MN)
November, 2007
Kids Pencil in Playtime
Heather Sells, CBN News
October 12, 2007
Old-School Blocks Prove Best for Brains
Paul Nyhan, SeattlePI.com
October 2, 2007
Todd R. Nelson: Limiting Children's Learning
Todd R. Nelson, Bangor Daily News
June 21, 2007
You Kids, Get Outside!
Fran Henry, Cleveland.com, Lifestyles
June 15, 2007
Bring Back Fun Playgrounds
Commentary, Christian Science Monitor
June 13, 2007
Putting the Skinned Knees Back Into Playtime
Alex Williams, The New York Times
May 20, 2007
Einstein May Never Have Used Flashcards, but He Probably Built Forts
Lory Hough, Ed Magazine (Harvard)
Spring 2007
A Classroom of Monkey Bars and Slides
Jane Brody, The New York Times
April 3, 2007