"The Decline of Play and Rise of Mental Disorders" by Peter Gray TEDxNavesink is a TED Editor's Pick this week. Peter and I are both fans of the Sudbury Valley School in Framingham MA. We both wrote about the school in the 90s (my book, Schools for Growth). We're also both...
Thanks to my dear friend and colleague Professor Yuji Moro of Tsukuba University , my 2009 book Vygotsky at Work and Play is being published in Japan. Today Professor Moro posted the following on Facebook: "This is a cover of Japanese version of Lois Holzman's Vygotsky at Work and Play. It will...
Piano stairs at the metro station show walking can be fun. Check out Fun Theory. 13,000 folks already have. ...
I'm really pleased to share TEDxNavesink PLAY, which took place on May 10th at Two River Theatre in Red Bank NJ. You can watch the terrific videos of the talks and entertainment (talks grouped under Possibility, Pleasure, Progress, and Paradox; you can find mine under Possibility). ...
You might be surprsied to know that play is a children's right according to the UN. Here's a video to promote and advocate for its realization around the globe. This is Me: Article 31 and a Child's Right to Play (narrated by CUNY Graduate Center's Roger Hart) My question—what about the rest...
I spent the weekend with nine terrific people discovering and creating development. The occasion was the spring Discover Development-NYC, a twice-a-year three day adventure that I have the privilege of leading thanks to the East Side Institute. People come together and immerse themselves in developmental activities of the Institute, the...
That's the title TEDxNavesink gave to an item on their blog that that features me—I like it! I've enjoyed and hated (sometimes in the same moment) preparing my talk for its performance this Saturday May 10 in Red Bank NJ. I'm excited to do it and to meet all the...
I’m pleased to be among one of two dozen presenters at TEDxNavesink: Play— on Saturday May 10th, at the Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey. The all day event will educate and entertain on the many ways that play is a positive force in our lives. Here’s a preview of...
I'm excited to share a new project of mine. I'm series editor for a new collection of books for Palgrave Macmillan on the topic of Play, Performance, Learning and Development. Over the next three years (and maybe beyond) researchers and practitioners will have a multi-disciplinary "home" to publish their work...
[caption id="attachment_2074" align="aligncenter" width="478"] New Book and Coffee Cup[/caption] I was so pleased to see this new book in the mail yesterday that I took a photo of it. Performance Studies in Motion originated in a 2010 conference at the University of Haifa: RS and PS: Richard Schechner and Performance Studies....