Tell me what you read...

Even though we haven´t been told to write about another topic, I´d like to start with the kick off to share thoughts about books. Don´t u think it´s a good idea?

I know it is hard to keep reading something of our own interest, apart from all that we have to read for our subjects especially one book called ¨The Commitments¨ (joke for Simon) but we should make an effort, it is not that hard.

Time ago I started reading ¨The Power of Play¨ by Dr. David Elkins. It´s is such a good that talks about the importance of play time in children who, nowadays, live under many pressures. The author reassures, through examples of daily situations, and different kinds of games; where children can develop their skills, that all what they do during play time, would help them in their academic and social skills, and therefore succeed in them. This is because they learn about respect and cooperation, as well as negotiation of rules and taking turns, and many other things. It even shows how parents make desicions for the best of thier children, and how they are influenced by their peers in order to make good ones.

I strongly recommend this book cause it is very easy to read, it also explain situations that you can feel familiar with, and also gives plenty of good ideas for us, as future teachers, to carry out. Let´s be aware that the greatest student´s input come from outside of the classroom, and let´s invite parents to channel play time into a meaningful thing.