http://coolcatteacherblog.disqus.com/Teaching with technology & belief that teaching is a noble calling!enSun, 30 Apr 2006 22:36:00 -0000http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/04/go-wiggle-your-toes-in-dirt.html#comment-17912535<p>I agree with the playing outside, and go for the most unstructured activities possible. Had this little disagreement with my wife about that last summer and so we ended up with two play areas: a swing set, and a mud puddle. Guess which one won.<br><br><a href="http://dwoolstar.blogspot.com/2005/08/letting-kids-play.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://dwoolstar.blogspot.com/2005/08/letting-kids-play.html">http://dwoolstar.blogspot.c...</a></p>DerekSun, 30 Apr 2006 22:36:00 -0000http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/04/go-wiggle-your-toes-in-dirt.html#comment-17912536<p>Vicki -- <br><br>Great post! Last month I <a href="http://ed421.com/?p=14" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://ed421.com/?p=14">posted some comments</a> about an article that ran in Time magazine about the <a href="http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1174696,00.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1174696,00.html">plugged-in generation.</a> <br><br>Here is one of the suggestions for parents that was listed in the article:<br><br>"4) Don’t be a screen-sucker. Monitor your own online behavior and television viewing. A major reason for the disappearance of the human moment in families is the parents’ — not just the kids’ — addiction to screens."<br><br>So true.</p>A Change ActivistWed, 26 Apr 2006 23:15:00 -0000