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Originally published in The Library of Congress by Stephanie Hall, 5 June 2020 Children jumping rope, Blue Ridge Elementary School, Ararat, North Carolina. Photo by George Price Jr., 1978. Blue • Read More »

Originally published in Let Grow by Katy Anderson, March 2020 With the continuing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) across the United States, everyone is talking about social distancing. I just • Read More »

Originally published in We the Parents by Neve Spicer, November 2020 Is your child getting enough ‘free play’? Child-led free play – the unstructured time during which children can act • Read More »

Originally published by The Best Schools by TBS staff, January 2019 There is something horribly wrong with America’s children. They can’t sit still. They have a hard time focusing in • Read More »

Originally published in Let Grow by Angela Barton, January 2020 I am a part of a Facebook group of over 66,000 kindergarten teachers. Every day, teachers in this group write posts • Read More »

Originally published in Let Grow by Holly Korbey, December 2019 When my youngest son started kindergarten in Nashville a few years ago, I was excited about a new Tennessee law • Read More »

Originally published in CommonWealth Magazine by Todd Gazda, December 2019 Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious • Read More »

Originally published in Let Grow by Kate Sundquist, December 2019 High knees and jumping jacks shouldn’t replace sunshine and free play. When the school’s phone number pops up on my • Read More »

Originally published in Let Grow by Kate Sundquist, December 2019 We complain kids these days are getting soft and don’t dress for the weather, but parents need to lead by • Read More »