{"id":3159,"date":"2020-05-25T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2020-05-25T07:00:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T14:00:41","slug":"makers-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2020\/05\/25\/makers-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker&#8217;s Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Play facilitates the development of intellectual skills, and also allows for the application of academic skills. For example, a child playing with water, might use intellectual skills to make a boat, but then apply academic skills to write the name of the boat on the side.<\/p>\n<p>Play is also a time when children develop self-regulation, organization, and working memory. All skills essential for learning academics.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s challenge for Games &amp; Choices time:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/Maker-Play.pdf\">Maker Play!<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This type of play will help develop the following skills:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Planning and organization <em>(Creative\u00a0 Thinking and Personal Responsibility)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EUm-vAOmV1o\">Flexibility<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rnj6cnlIjM4\">perseverance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Problem solving <em>(Critical Thinking)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/PS-PPCI-triangle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3042\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/PS-PPCI-triangle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/thinking-triangle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3003\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/thinking-triangle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option<\/strong>: Encourage your child make a bigger project: A restaurant, a school, an airport so this becomes a multi-day project.<\/p>\n<p>Some possibilities:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/neighbourhood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3160\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/neighbourhood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/neighbourhood.jpg 230w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/neighbourhood-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/robot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3161\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/robot-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/robot-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/robot.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/toy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3162\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/toy-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/toy-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/toy.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Happy Creating!!<\/h2>\n<p>I found a read aloud of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=18B8WMJdTCQ\">Iggy Peck Architect<\/a> to inspire you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Kristi Mraz! &#x1f497;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play facilitates the development of intellectual skills, and also allows for the application of academic skills. For example, a child playing with water, might use intellectual skills to make a boat, but then apply academic skills to write the name of the boat on the side. Play is also a time when children develop self-regulation, &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2020\/05\/25\/makers-play\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[68,67,64],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3159"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3206,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159\/revisions\/3206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}