The Latest from Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network
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LA Times: It’s come to this: A checkup with the pediatrician may soon include a prescription for play
from The Los Angeles Times by Melissa Healy Imagine a drug that could enhance a child’s creativity, critical thinking and resilience. Imagine that this drug were simple to make, safe to take, and could be had for free. The nation’s leading pediatricians say this...
Philadelphia Inquirer: Philly library initiative encourages kids to run, climb, and scale walls
from The Philadelphia Inquirer by Katherine Nails If children were to run, climb, slide, or scale a wall at a normal library, they would likely get annoyed glances from patrons before being hushed by a librarian and carted away by their guardian. Certain branches of...
BillyPenn: Transforming Philly into a giant playground, with benefits for kids and adults
from BillyPenn by Karthika Swamy Cohen What if parents didn’t have to take kids to a playground to get in some fun activity — but instead, the play space came to them? That’s the idea behind Kathy Hirsh-Pasek’s Urban Thinkscape project, one of several initiatives...