Topic > Outdoor Play: A Catalyst for Creativity and…

The year before there was an exchange student from France who looked like me and wasn't very nice. Soon after Marc introduced me to all his friends and the rest is history. I continued to play computer games but learned to use it in moderation. I was way ahead of my time with computers and that experience made me understand from an early age that playing computer games, using electronic devices and watching television for a long period of time were not good for the body and mind. A good balance is needed. The saying I tell my students is to do things in moderation. If you've been doing something for a long period of time, do something else and change it. I truly believe that playing outside will help children be better students and learn how to develop a creative mind. I'm not very happy with how technology has taken over and exploded. Smartphones, iPads and iPods along with Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat have changed students' ability to learn for the worse. So they are reduced to two