Brain Growth, Pretend Play and the Outdoors
On March 15, 2018, we hosted a workshop called Pretend Play, Brain Growth and the Outdoors.
View the introduction slides from Joanne Kelleher, Director of the Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington.
UPDATED: View the workshop slides from Erin Akers, M.Ed., Director of Education and Development, at the Gesell Institute of Child Development, Yale University. Note this is a large file and may take a few minutes to load.
These resources were recommended for learning more about brain development:
- Saving Brains, A Grand Challenge by Dr. Mike Evans
- 5 Steps for Brain Building – Serve and Return by Center on Developing Child at Harvard University
- Marshmallow Test – What the ‘marshmallow test’ can teach you about your kids by CNN, The Struggles of a Psychologist Studying Self-Control from The New Yorker, or do a search on YouTube for this topic and you will find a TED Talk, interviews and a variety of funny videos of children taking the test.
The Resource Directory section of the ECCS website has a new Outdoor Spaces category which lists local places to play and explore outside including parks, playgrounds, open space and nature centers.
This workshop is part of the ECCS’s Southington Community Well-Being Grant Initiative funded by the Bradley Henry Barnes & Leila Upson Barnes Memorial Trust at the Main Street Community Foundation.
