Learn About the Importance of Play at Greenwood School

Mill Valley’s Waldorf-inspired Greenwood School is presenting “Movement in Childhood: The Role of Sport and Free Play in Healthy Childhood Development” tonight, Thursday, March 4, from 7 to 9 pm. Remember the days when sports were not everything and children’s time wasn’t so overbooked? When you went over to your friend’s house, just to play? We sensed something important was going on back then—and we were right. Play rises above other activities. It is the creation of space in which new activities can take place… a world of untold possibilities. But, in today’s hectic world, our children are in danger of losing the space of free play.

As teachers and parents we are faced with selecting and orienting our children’s activities. How do we choose? What do we base our decisions on? Learn more about the possibilities of play in this presentation and discussion with Jaimen McMillan, founder and Director of the Spacial Dynamic Institute.

Spacial Dynamics is now the official name for a growing body of spacially oriented movement exercises, activities, and games, as well as a unique method of observation and analysis developed by Jaimen McMillan over nearly 30 years of intensive study, teaching, and therapeutic work with children and adults in the United States and Europe. This is a free event. Greenwood School is located at 17 Buena Vista Avenue in Mill Valley. For more info, go to www.greenwoodschool.org or call (415) 388-0495.