And what is so bad about throwing mud for fun? we'd need to do it on a
summer day in appropriate clothing and with a big hose for clean up....makes
me happy just to think about it - maybe we should try it first with just the
lchc crew! Actually, we could probably do it without too much rowdiness if
we used the outdoor plastic sand table that is in the play yard and limited
it to a few kids - each with a UG buddy - at a time.
deb
On 6/6/06, Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What I wondered about is how in the world we could do such activities at
> our
> sites without
> kids throwing mud for fun!!
> mike
>
>
> On 6/6/06, Lars Hennig Rossen <lhrossen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Kiyo,
> > this sounds really interesting; what struck me about the activity was
> how
> > so
> > many different aspects of development was compressed into those hand
> fulls
> > of mud do you know if any of his work assessable in English or if there
> > are
> > any public pages that describes his Ninja Project?
> > Lars
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/5/06, Kiyotaka Miyazaki <miyasan@waseda.jp> wrote:
> > >
> > > Lars,
> > >
> > > This prof. Kayo is my close friend. Yes, he is famous for this mud
> ball
> > > in Japan! And he is our play research expert. He studies play by
> > > playing himself with children in preschool, which makes him very
> unique
> > > in the Japanese developmental psychologists. He is studying
> > > imaginative, or pretend play in particular, and writing monograph (in
> > > Japanese) about one year extending Ninja play activities. It's quite
> > > nice.
> > > I forwarded your mail to him. If necessary, I will tell you his email
> > > address.
> > >
> > > Kiyo Miyazaki
> > > Waseda University, Japan.
> > >
> > > On 2006/06/06, at 3:17, Lars Hennig Rossen wrote:
> > >
> > > > XMCA'ers
> > > > here is an odd and interesting piece on developmental psychology,
> > > > culture
> > > > and mud balls (!)
> > > >
> > > > "In the field of developmental psychology up to now, play that
> > > > developed
> > > > children's imagination and creativity, such as role playing and
> > > > drawing, was
> > > > deemed important. But Professor Kayo is searching for whether
> > > > developmental
> > > > psychology has overlooked something very important: the
> > experimentation
> > > > children undertake in everyday activities like eating, getting
> > > > dressed, and
> > > > sleeping. He feels that making shiny mud balls is a good way of
> > > > searching
> > > > for the essence of children's play. Kayo believes that the answers
> lie
> > > > within the hearts of children, and he continues to visit the
> preschool
> > > > once
> > > > a week".
> > > >
> > > > http://web-japan.org/trends01/article/011005sci_r.html
> > > >
> > > > Lars
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