Block Party: Legos in the Library

Autor/in	Klebanoff, Abbe
Titel	Block Party: Legos in the Library
Quelle	In: School Library Journal, 55 (2009) 7, S.24-26 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0362-8930
Schlagwörter	Recreational Activities; Play; Emergent Literacy; Library Services; Toys; Puzzles; Educational Games; Outreach Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freizeitgestaltung; Spiel; Frühleseunterricht; Bibliotheksarbeit; Toy; Spielzeug; Legespiel; Educational game; Lernspiel; Jobcoaching
Abstract	Toys don't belong in the library. That's probably what some people still think. But the author's library outside Philadelphia was having such a hard time attracting boys who had outgrown storytime that he and his colleagues decided to try something new. So his school started a Lego club. Since their June 2008 kickoff, they've been amazed by how many kids show up for their program just to play with these colorful interlocking plastic bricks. Located in an affluent suburb, the Radnor Memorial Library has a lot of competition. There's sports, music, horseback riding, swimming, and all the things kids do with their computers. But that hasn't stopped the under-14 set from rushing to their basement community area each month. Playing with Legos offers them something physical, something imaginative, and something mechanical. What's the connection between Legos and books? Promoting play contributes to early literacy development by increasing attention span, memory, creativity, and language and vocabulary skills. It also lays the foundation for logical mathematical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving--things they'll carry with them throughout their school years, says "Play = Learning," a recent study by Dorothy Singer, a senior research scientist at Yale University's Department of Psychology and Child Study Center. (Contains 12 resources.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10