Thursday, June 24, 2010

Messe - the value of heuristic play

When I moved to Britain in 2006, I remember going to the nursery to walk down the street and saw a sign that boasted proudly ... heuristic play. I thought ... wow, what is this new ideology of raising children? Then I discovered there was nothing further to say that a fancy, elegant way to ... let them do a mess. Gees ... I've never done more than twenty years and knew it.

In fact, according to the Oxford Dictionary, "heuristic" means helping to discover discover, or; process of trialand errors. It 'the same principle was that my great-grandmother doing when they kept the cans in the cabinets lower, so I could play, store safely the kitchen floor when I was young. I do this too. I also have a cabinet of plastic and metal containers to detect.

My two year old daughter's newest toy ... nice drawer organizers from Ikea. Insists every train last member of her clothes out of them. Then take them all out and stacks them, as if buildinga skyscraper. Has a whole box of Legos, mind you. So why the fascination with the organizers? They belong to the great people of the world, and that fascinates her. Their tents are made of soft foam swords, we do and the covers are purchased. And of course she is bound by all of his books from the shelf.

If you saw my living room now, this browser can not read another article I wrote next. We have two large floor puzzle together. The books arethe door. The table is wrapped in blankets. And several toys scattered about ... seemingly unconcerned. But each of these random acts has meaning for them. He needs his stuff in his area ... accessible.

He bothers me? It used ... a lot with my older children. I felt it was his seemingly disorganized behavior in some way a reflection of my poor parents. Then I discovered heuristic game ... or rediscovered, in the light of my earliest memories are happy to play at shopthe kitchen floor.

Remember the time you have for this party ... or will be the date. Remember about your wardrobe ... and try on every single thing you have ... And Throwing It All on the bed. This is what the infant feels too ... Properties. This is me ... and can I do with it what I want. It may sound simple, but it is not the cornerstone of individualism. This is an important opportunity for your child to exercise their individuality, recognize themselves as human beings and growthExperience.

Of course, come 4:00 or so I give to run around and collect everything so that our apartment clean and organized before my husband comes home. Then a dinner together as a family ... before our daughter back every book draws from the shelf, every ball from the box and each doll out of bed. Then we do it all away again ... Place all before bedtime. I joke that it is because its name from two hurricanes Katrina ... included. But we observe a significant trendin it, the moment someone starts to go away every toy. So we hope, that heuristic play, which has limits. Although when adults watch play football on a muddy field, one realizes that the child in all of us must go to that sense of discovery ... trial and error less.

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