I'm close to finishing "Play: How it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul" by Stuart Brown, M.D.
As a homeschooling mother of 3 young kids, and as a person with a personality drawn to routines and structure myself, this has been a very helpful book to read. I imagine there are many people out there who have never read the research like it's is presented in this book, but they intuitively "get it." I am not that person...haha. :) So, I read the books. I've very much enjoyed this one, for sure. It's not a light ready, but it's very interesting and useful to me on a very fundamental level as I continue to grow as a parent through research.
Turns out Stuart is a big thing on google images! Look at all the pretty things below that I found about him...I left a few more back on google for you to find yourself:
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| This is important for me to remember when "doing school" at home, especially considering what I would most like school at home to look like. It often looks VERY different from my comfort zone, and that's just fine. As the adult, I better be able to bend and grow just as much as I expect my kids to!
Here is Stuart's Ted Talk, if you don't have the time to read the book but are interested in the research:
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