PBS Movie

This video was very interesting to me. I especially liked the experiment they did with the cardboard boxes between the city and the suburb children. It was interesting to see how the children created a city based off of their personal experiences and how they were so different because of this. I believe that play is important for every child and that every child will have a different type of play because of where they live and the situations they go through. It was very interesting to actually see in the movie the different ways children play from different areas. This was related to the readings we have been reading in the different books in many ways. Some ways are children play differently depending on the environment and that it is important for children to play and to get in touch with nature. As a child I played outside with the neighbors most of the time because I live in the woods in Upper Michigan with only a couple of neighbors. I also did play video games and computer games but I enjoyed being outside with my friends more. Mainly because I enjoyed swimming in the river by my house in the summer and skiing in the winter. I could not imagine having to grow up like the city children and not being able to play outside as a child. I believe it is important for children to get outside and away from video games, television, and the computer for a while.