Play is powerful and fundamental to children during their early years and we know parents work hard to strike an appropriate balance within the home as we do in school, where play is an essential component of learning. There is much evidence to confirm that the practical and expe...
The benefits of play are vast, including promoting intelligence, creativity, communication, impulse control, and social competence. Early play stimulates brain development by creating neuron connections that serve as building blocks for later growth. Play improves intelligence, as studies show it is asso...
While receptive vocabulary growth was greater in the didactic classroom, the reading growth was greater in the play-based classroom. Students with higher levels of receptive vocabulary in both classrooms also tended to perform better on measures of literacy achievement. The findings from this study, ...
While the movie is aware of the clichés that are thrown into the mix when making (or watching) a romantic comedy and they also play with them at the beginning (with a kind of harsh comment concerning a Miss Heigl), it does fall back on the same "mistakes" it criticizes. And while ...
Older adults are the fastest growing population in the world, with the over sixty years age group projected to grow to more than two billion by 2050 [1]. Canada is following this global trend. Today, approximately three in 10 Canadians are members of the baby boomer generation, those born ...
known as messy play. before you write it off for crimes against a clean home, we’ll plead its case. let’s start with the fact that 90% of a child’s brain develops before they’re five, so the early years are a crucial time to get stuck into some serious playtime. cool, right...
As the incidence of mental health-related disability claims grows, employers face multiple direct and indirect impacts. To address this reality, fostering a workplace culture that promotes open conversations on mental health and overall well-being is crucial. Early intervention and prevention play key...
In regards to "No Strings Attached" and "Friends with Benefits" from 2011, this early movie from 2009 actually attempts to answer some of the questions, where those others had more of a guise at being provocative. "No Strings Attached" didn't actually have them as friends but rather childh...
But here's where it gets intriguing—some government employers also sprinkle a little extra generosity by chipping into your retirement pot. Here's the plot twist: 457 plans have a unique superpower regarding withdrawals. Unlike other retirement plans, they offer the flexibility of early withdrawals...
of the basic movement patterns of young children, giving full play to its characteristics of being easier to control than football and more varied than basketball, in order to promote the development of motor skills while also focus on developing the sporting virtues of confrontation on the same ...