No one has ever performed the American Anthem before a larger world audience and nailed it like Grammy winner Renee Fleming. This was an incredible performance and the rockets did fly (so did the Blackhawk helicopters) over the first ever outdoor Superbowl in New Jersey, New York. In fact many people had worried that it might be too cold for Renee Fleming to sing. As it turns out, one of the latest in the football season, Superbowl #48 on Ground Hog Day was warmer in New Jersey than in either ... [more]
6 Types of Play: How We Learn to Work Together
Play is a serious business. The pioneering developmental psychologist Lev Vygotsky thought that, in the preschool years, play is the leading source of development. Through play children learn and practice many basic social skills. They develop a sense of self, learn to interact with other children, how to make friends, how to lie and how to role-play. The classic study of how play develops in children was carried out by Mildred Parten in the late 1920s at the Institute of Child ... [more]