WOW.... Week #12 of the BRAIN Initiative -- Are we making progress? From the excitement I hear in the e-mails I receive it sounds like we are!! Are you posting the fact each week? Are you e-mailing to 5 new people each week? The kids are counting on us... and appreciate the efforts you are making!!
In honor of Screen Free Week and Earth Day I have posted a brain fact on the positive difference playing outdoors can make! If you would like a wealth of information on the importance of play, Carol Torgan, Ph.D has put together a extremely valuable list of over 200 resources related to play. You can enjoy it here.
Have you sent in your nomination?
There are many terrific programs and agencies already nominated from all over the world! I invite you to nominate programs, schools, organizations, or agencies that would benefit from a donated brain activity packet in either English or Spanish.
The winner for the donation from Week #11 is below!
Following is the Week #12 BRAIN insight to share:
BRAIN
Brains Require All Investing Now
A BRAIN Insight to share ~ Week #12
Physical play, imaginative play, and exploration are essential to developing all areas of the brain.
Let's make this common knowledge!
To share this brain fact just cut and paste or use the the share button!
- You can simply post the insight on social network sites
- You can also include the fact in organizational literature or newsletters, add to your signature on your e-mail, post on a bulletin board and implement it into what you do each week.
- Additionally each week, e-mail the BRAIN Insight to 5 people you know. Encourage each person to share it with 5 people they know. If each person shares with 5 people each week... we will finally have EVERYONE knowing this incredibly important information!
Spreading Brain Development Even Further .... Click here to send the name of a program, agency, school, organization or business that will benefit from a brain development packet. I will draw a name and donate a brain activity packet
in the name of the person making the recommendation each week!!
The WINNER for WEEK #11:
Uganda Youth Development program in Kampala
A brain development packet for the age of their choice will be donated in the name of :
Mary K. Winters
Congratulations!!
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Deborah -
May 3, 2011 at 8:08 PMThanks so much for featuring my list of play resources, which now has close to 300 entries. I welcome suggestions and am happy to note there seems to be an increasing number of new organizations, bloggers, and especially events.
Carol,
May 3, 2011 at 9:05 PMIt is so wonderful that you have compiled this FANTASTIC list. It is terrific that it keeps growing also!!
Hopefully, as a result the benefits and need for play will finally be realized by EVERYONE!!
Are you award of the new Naturally Developing Brains packet I collaboratively developed? It provides activity ideas and brain development information through nature and outdoor play. Fifty percent of the proceeds goes to the promotion of nature pre-school efforts!
http://www.braininsightsonline.com/brainDevelopmentProducts.asp
Thanks again for your contribution to creating the needed awareness!
Deborah
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