Kids are great at living in the moment. As they get older, they begin thinking more about the past or the future.
Kids are great at living in the moment. As they get older, they begin thinking more about the past or the future.
Psychologists talk about imagination and pretending, along with the importance of play to child development.
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Despite the importance of play, it appears to be disappearing from kindergarten classes.
A study in the July/August 2008 issue of Child Development reported that 75% of homes usually have the TV on in the background. For the experiment, children aged 1 to 3 played with age-appropriate toys. When televisions were on, the kids played less, even when they did not pay attention to the TV. You can read ...
Psychologist Elena Bodrova at Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning says that kids' ability to regulate their behaviour has diminished over the past 60 years. Back then, 7 year-olds could be still indefinitely, 5 year-olds could be still on average for 3 minutes, and 3 year-olds could not stand still for any amount of time. ...
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