Global School Play Day

February 2nd, 2022

On Wednesday, February 2nd, we'll join schools around the world in Global School Playday.  This will be our 3rd year participating.  We believe that this is an extremely important day of learning.

Yes, learning.  

It has three simple rules:

• No Screens: Students are encouraged to bring toys, but electronic toys or any devices with screens should be avoided.

• No Structure: Adults should not attempt to organize or structure student play in any way.

• Stay Out of the Way: Adults should let students manage their own play and should not interfere except in situations where someone could get hurt.

In our world, especially Covid world, the available interactions students have had with other kids has been somewhat limited--and in places where it isn't limited it is often controlled by the adults (think organized sports).  This is a disservice to children as they do not gain the necessary experience and skills to deal with conflict, boredom, and discomfort.  We do explicitly teach these skills through our Second Step Program, but the application is often lacking.  Here is a day to do this!  

Classes will have meetings before and after their playtime to process and cement their learning.  

Here is a video explaining more about the "Why" of Global Playday.