Reviews for Make-Believe Games and Activities for Imaginative Play: A Book for Parents, Teachers and the Young Children in Their Lives

The average rating for Make-Believe Games and Activities for Imaginative Play: A Book for Parents, Teachers and the Young Children in Their Lives based on 4 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-09-19 00:00:00 Krzysztof Jackowicz Good play activities with few materials: Toe-shovels, page 57 Feet on the line, page 58 - pretend you are tightrope walking in a circus. Tape a piece of string, or use chalk outside to make the tightrope. Obstacle course, page 59 - use cereal boxes, cardboard boxes, overturned chairs to create the obstacle course for a child. Dancing, page 61 - as children dance tell them to pretend they are a snoflake, rain falling down, leaves blowing all around, etc. Make-believe hot and cold, page 67 - find pictures of hot and cold places and things. Help children pretend to be in those places: for instance wiping off sweat, make your posture limp, walk very slowly for hot places Four Seasons, page 84 - helps children develop a sense of sequence.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-07-03 00:00:00 Howard Taylor Great information here on the current state of brain science with regard to the differences between boys and girls. Some fascinating stuff here. At the same time, Dr. Sax sometimes wanders off into telling some off-the-track pediatrician anecdotes. He also sometimes flinches when giving us the bottom line. He will say something like this: "I don't want to go back to the bad old days of woodworking for boys and home economics for girls. But we need to recognize that our society lost something . . ." Yeah, we lost woodworking for boys and home ec for girls. I don't know why he is so diffident in his conclusions when he is so courageous in stating the actual state of the research. Dr. Sax does not have a biblical worldview and so the end result is a mish-mash. But the mish in here is dazzlingly illuminating.

Review # 3 was written on 2011-09-19 00:00:00 Felipe Carvalho Good play activities with few materials: Toe-shovels, page 57 Feet on the line, page 58 - pretend you are tightrope walking in a circus. Tape a piece of string, or use chalk outside to make the tightrope. Obstacle course, page 59 - use cereal boxes, cardboard boxes, overturned chairs to create the obstacle course for a child. Dancing, page 61 - as children dance tell them to pretend they are a snoflake, rain falling down, leaves blowing all around, etc. Make-believe hot and cold, page 67 - find pictures of hot and cold places and things. Help children pretend to be in those places: for instance wiping off sweat, make your posture limp, walk very slowly for hot places Four Seasons, page 84 - helps children develop a sense of sequence.

Review # 4 was written on 2019-07-03 00:00:00 Geocorey Brooks Great information here on the current state of brain science with regard to the differences between boys and girls. Some fascinating stuff here. At the same time, Dr. Sax sometimes wanders off into telling some off-the-track pediatrician anecdotes. He also sometimes flinches when giving us the bottom line. He will say something like this: "I don't want to go back to the bad old days of woodworking for boys and home economics for girls. But we need to recognize that our society lost something . . ." Yeah, we lost woodworking for boys and home ec for girls. I don't know why he is so diffident in his conclusions when he is so courageous in stating the actual state of the research. Dr. Sax does not have a biblical worldview and so the end result is a mish-mash. But the mish in here is dazzlingly illuminating.