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Children MUST Play at School
Read this article from today's Washington Post about the importance of play in schools.
Some mind-blowing excerpts:
"A more recent study showed that certain kinds of fantasy play, in which students plan the roles they're going to… Continue
Added by Cynthia Gentry on November 21, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments
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