{"id":643,"date":"2017-10-01T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/?page_id=643"},"modified":"2019-09-14T17:18:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T00:18:14","slug":"purposeful-play","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/purposeful-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Purposeful Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-646 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/purposeful-play_book-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/purposeful-play_book-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/purposeful-play_book-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/purposeful-play_book.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Play is serious business!<\/h4>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s re-enacting a favorite book (comprehension and close reading), negotiating the rules for a game (speaking and listening), or collaborating over building blocks (college and career readiness and STEM), Kristi Mraz, Alison Porcelli, and Cheryl Tyler see every day how play helps students reach standards and goals in ways that in-their-seat instruction alone can\u2019t do. And not just during playtimes. \u201cWe believe there is play in work and work in play,\u201d they write. \u201cIt helps to have practical ways to carry that mindset into all aspects of the curriculum.\u201d In\u00a0<em>Purposeful Play<\/em>\u00a0, they share ways to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>optimize and balance different types of play to deepen regular classroom learning<\/li>\n<li>teach into play to foster social-emotional skills and a growth mindset<\/li>\n<li>bring the impact of play into all your lessons across the day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-644 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/play_learn_grow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/play_learn_grow.png 406w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/play_learn_grow-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that play is one type of environment where children can be rigorous in their learning,\u201d Kristi, Alison, and Cheryl write. So they provide a host of lessons, suggestions for classroom setups, helpful tools and charts, curriculum connections, teaching points, and teaching language to help you foster mature play that makes every moment in your classroom instructional.<\/p>\n<p>Play doesn\u2019t only happen when work is over. Children show us time and time again that play\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0the way they work. In<em>Purposeful Play,\u00a0<\/em>you\u2019ll find research-driven methods for making play an engine for rigorous learning in your classroom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-647 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/PurposefulPlay-Whatisit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-645 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/Play_Maslow-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1063566\/playing-board-games-like-magic-the-gathering-can-make-you-a-nicer-person-with-better-relationships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>:\u00a0 Playing board games can make you a nicer person with better relationships<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play is serious business! Whether it\u2019s re-enacting a favorite book (comprehension and close reading), negotiating the rules for a game (speaking and listening), or collaborating over building blocks (college and career readiness and STEM), Kristi Mraz, Alison Porcelli, and Cheryl Tyler see every day how play helps students reach standards and goals in ways that in-their-seat instruction alone can\u2019t do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6537,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/643"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2482,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/643\/revisions\/2482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}