Play+Advocacy

__Out of Sight Outside Play__ ** Welcome to our Main Page Promoting Outside Play in Every Thing We Do at Every Age We Do It!

Sue Fontaine..........Patty Lister..........Isabel Dopson ** ** We are dedicating this wiki to our efforts in Advocating for More ** Developmentally Appropriate Outside Play in Our Children's Lives   ** to Improve both their Mental and their Physical Health **** necessary for optimal growth in all early childhood domains... ****health ** ** gross motor fine motor independent functioning ** ** social-emotional ** ** language cognition dramatic play ****& to Improve their Access to Appropriate Science Experiences.**

Sue Fontaine's... __**Peace Corps Approach**…__ **we must teach our hungry children how to fish …rather than give them fish… we must teach our eager children how to think rather than what to think… we must teach them how to figure things out. The knowledge they will need for their future will be different from the knowledge we have now… they will need to create that knowledge with their own critical & creative thinking skills. The more we provide for our children the less capable they will be at providing for themselves… ****entertainment…relationships…sustenance! We do this best through play.**