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Apr 2025
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TWTBIM_0328 We Don't Play Like That Anym...

Teaching With The Body In Mind
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Ross starts to unpack his ideas about ways that play has changed--for children and for teachers. What is the inlfuence of technology? What is the impact of our own play history? There is a subtle worry that children are missing out on experiences in the world and in their own imaginations. 

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