When we were young

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When we were young

• According to today's regulators and bureaucrats,
  those of us who were kids in the 50's, 60's, and
  70's probably shouldn't have survived, because...

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• Our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured
  lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and
  licked.
• We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or
  latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to
  play with pans
• When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just
  flip flops and fluorescent 'clackers' on our
  wheels.
• We drank water from the garden hose and not from
  a bottle - tasted the same

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• We would spend hours building go-carts out of
  scraps and then went top speed down the hill,
  only to find out we forgot the brakes. After
  running into stinging nettles a few times, we
  learned to solve the problem.
• We would leave home in the morning and play all
  day, as long as we were back before it got dark.
  No one was able to reach us all day and no one
  minded.
• We did not have Playstations or X-Boxes, no video
  games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape
  movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no
  personal computers, no Internet chat rooms. We
  had friends we went outside and found them.

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Play and your brain

• Young children use 15 of their total energy on
  play
• Not only does it make them fitter, prepares them
  for the rigours of life but it gives them bigger
  brains!
• Research published recently suggests that the
  amount the brain grows between birth an maturity
  reflects the amount of play carried out
• Based on research by Dr. Steven Siviy

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Play and imagination

• Make-believe play results in children better able
  to cope with stress in later life Creative 5 6
  year olds often end up better problems solvers at
  the age of 9 10
• Conclusion play and use of imagination is not
  just good its vital!
• based on research carried out at Case Western
  University by Prof. Sandra Russ

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To make creativity more likely ..

• Allow time for play
• Play with the children as they play
• Praise and reward children for their creativity
  and imagination
• Model what creative play is like use your
  imagination to show children what its like

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What we are going to learn

• What the brain has to do with learning
• How what we do as adults enhances or slows down
  learning of our children

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Neo-cortex what makes us human!
Mammalian brain emotional centre memory
Reptilian brain Survival instincts
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BASIS

• Belonging
• Aspirations
• Safe
• Individual
• Success

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• Remember the are no more great people in the
  world,
• Theres only us!