Play 9.12

Games: 

• Say your name, what did you eat for breakfast
• shapes/mingle

Easy enough games, the shapes/ mingle game made me excited for what shape we would be making next. very excited throughout this time.

We got in groups of 6 and went outside and played these games:

• hopscotch
• Tag (for once in my WHOLE life, i did NOT get tagged!) *smiles*
• moment of wonder
• walking speed race
• duck duck goose
• red light, green light
• mr. fox, what time is it?
•  telephone
• dance
• sing-a-song
• chicken game

The absolute worse game we played in our group was telephone. it is so hard with only 6 people. The message came out correct so we changed it just to be funny a couple of times going through the game. I'm sure it would have been more fun with added people. The game also seemed pretty awkward. The absolute best game was the chicken game. It was a game of rock paper scissors but in like stages (egg, bird, human) and you could only play with your species egg-egg, human-human, bird-bird. Brought lots of laughter. fun game.

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Reading: "The Benefits of Play"

Play allows for us to benefit in areas of mental health. it makes you happier. Socially, play reduces alienation.  Play allows you to meet others. Learning takes place more effectively. Culturally, play helps us meet the challenges of the world. One skill of play that i can 100 % agree with because i have experienced it just about everytime i have played is improvisation. When you, play, it is almost always hard for you to follow the rules when you play. You kind of have to just go with the flow. That, in my opinion makes for the best play. Non-competitiveness was a beneficial element of imaginative play. I appreciate this element because it allows for one of the associated skills, inclusiveness.The ability of imaginative play to develop creativity is great seeing that creativity was always limited to intellectual techniques. It doesn't have to be seen that way anymore because through imaginative play, we create images and ideas in our mind based off of no intellectual knowledge but our feelings instead.
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