Marbles - Back in Class Again
This NYT article has been making the rounds lately. The sis-in-law sent it to me over the weekend, and now I see Althouse has picked up the theme.
Speaking of "old-fashioned" kids' play: The younger kids at the Dude's new school are obsessed with marbles. Not sure how, when, or why it started, but they collect them, trade them, and carry them wherever they go. A common sound around the school is the sound of marbles hitting the linoleum - and a teacher saying something like, "Now who's going to pick those up?"
On Saturday, the Dude had a friend over. It was warm and sunny, so I chased them out of the house to play. While I tended to some gardening they rode around the driveway on bikes, trikes, scooters - anything with wheels since the object of the game was to wipe out as many ants as possible. Yes - good, old-fashioned, unstructured play.
Speaking of "old-fashioned" kids' play: The younger kids at the Dude's new school are obsessed with marbles. Not sure how, when, or why it started, but they collect them, trade them, and carry them wherever they go. A common sound around the school is the sound of marbles hitting the linoleum - and a teacher saying something like, "Now who's going to pick those up?"
On Saturday, the Dude had a friend over. It was warm and sunny, so I chased them out of the house to play. While I tended to some gardening they rode around the driveway on bikes, trikes, scooters - anything with wheels since the object of the game was to wipe out as many ants as possible. Yes - good, old-fashioned, unstructured play.
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