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The Playful Life


The Playful Life

The Power of Play in Our Every Day
1. Aufl.

von: Julie P. Jones, Jed Dearybury

20,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 16.11.2022
ISBN/EAN: 9781119882022
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 320

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<p><b>Do you find yourself wanting more out of life? It’s time to bring play to your every day</b> <p>Play is not just for kids! There are many reasons we need play in our lives. <i>The Playful Life </i>shows you why and how to bring more playfulness to all aspects of your life. You’ll explore how to create meaningful, relevant, and fun experiences for yourself and others through both a playful mindset and playful behaviors. Through research and 20+ years of teaching children and adults, authors Dr. Julie Jones and Jed Dearybury have found that play is not only fun, it’s essential to a full life. In this book, they share their knowledge and inspire you to reflect on the need for connection and joy for healthy living through play. <p>This book will equip you with new definitions, ideas, and ways of thinking about play for your daily life. With a relaxed tone, comical banter, and real talk, the authors encourage new understandings about what play is and empower you to make more playful choices. If you strive to find balance, overcome stress, and enjoy each day through play—<i>The Playful Life </i>is a must read for your life journey! <ul> <li>Learn what play means and why it’s so essential to our everyday lives—at every age</li> <li>Discover the incredible benefits of play to your physical and mental health</li> <li>Get ideas for incorporating play into your everyday life at work, at home, or when you’re out and about</li> <li>Begin healing past traumas and grow into the person you are meant to be—through play and playful living!</li></ul><p>Building on the popular book <i>The Playful Classroom</i>, this is a new and exciting take on what play does for all of us-- physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively.
<p>Hey Y’All xiii</p> <p>Foreword xv</p> <p>About the Authors xvii</p> <p>Acknowledgments xix</p> <p><b>Section One Meaning </b></p> <p>1 Wanna Play? 3</p> <p>2 Defining Play 11</p> <p>3 Play as a Behavior 15</p> <p>4 Play as a Mindset 19</p> <p>5 Cultivating a Playful Mindset 31</p> <p>Play & Ponder 41</p> <p><b>Section Two Memory</b></p> <p>6 Things We Learned from Playing 47</p> <p>7 Cognitive Benefits of Play 51</p> <p>8 Social Emotional Benefits of Play 56</p> <p>9 Physical Benefits of Play 62</p> <p>10 Play Personalities 65</p> <p>Play & Ponder 77</p> <p><b>Section Three Mind</b></p> <p>11 Biological Predilection 81</p> <p>12 This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain on Play 89</p> <p>13 The Default Mode Network and Flow 96</p> <p>14 Playful Habits 104</p> <p>15 Play as Healing 115</p> <p>Play & Ponder 127</p> <p><b>Section Four Mistakes</b></p> <p>16 Low-Risk/High-Risk Play 133</p> <p>17 The Learning and Growth Process (RISK) 139</p> <p>18 Mistakes and Fear 142</p> <p>19 Excuses Are Mistakes 148</p> <p>20 A Path to Eliminating Excuses 152</p> <p>Play & Ponder 161</p> <p><b>Section Five Movement</b></p> <p>21 When Play Is Missing 165</p> <p>22 Start with Yourself 169</p> <p>23 Grow and Play with Friends 175</p> <p>24 Play in Our Communities 180</p> <p>25 You Don’t Have to Run a Marathon 183</p> <p>26 Advocating Through Play 190</p> <p>Play & Ponder 197</p> <p><b>Section Six Mojo</b></p> <p>27 Ned Barrett 201</p> <p>28 Tashma Glymph 204</p> <p>29 Sonia Aleman 208</p> <p>30 Joan Wheatley 211</p> <p>31 Marjorie Boafo Appiah 214</p> <p>32 Tina Arenas 218</p> <p>33 Matt Leung 222</p> <p>34 Balance 225</p> <p>Play & Ponder 233</p> <p><b>Section Seven Map</b></p> <p>35 Play Alone 237</p> <p>36 Play with Friends or Family 248</p> <p>37 Play with Strangers 258</p> <p>38 Play as a Community 270</p> <p>Play & Ponder 279</p> <p>Southernisms and Their Meanings 281</p> <p>References 285</p> <p>Index 291</p>
<p><b>Dr. JULIE P. JONES, PhD,</b> is the Director for Teacher Education in Converse University’s School of Education and Graduate Studies. In addition to <i>The Playful Classroom</i> (2020), she maintains an active research agenda with interests including instructional technology and pedagogy, always with a mix of creativity and play. Follow her on Twitter @JuliePJones, and view her full curriculum vitae at www.juliepjones.com. <p><b>JED DEARYBURY</b> began his EDU career in 2001. He was featured in <I>GQ </I>magazine as Male Leader of the Year, met President Obama as the SC honoree of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and was a finalist for SC Teacher of the Year. In 2015, he began leading professional development and teaching in higher education. His previous books include <i>The Playful Classroom </i>(2020) and <i>The Courageous Classroom</i> (2021).
<p><b>Rediscover play and transform your everyday life.</b> <p>Did you think you were done playing? Think again! Cultivating a playful mindset will help you build empathy, make friends, heal past traumas, make memories with loved ones (including yourself!), and break down the barriers that keep you from connecting with your community and the world around you. <p>“This book feels like you’re having a conversation with two friends while simultaneously learning an immense amount of information in the process. We love the way Jed and Julie’s playful candor helps you take in all that you’re reading and digest it. And boy did we eat it up. Highly recommend this book to anyone looking to educate themselves on the importance of play, the importance of self, and the importance of the curious world around you.” <p><b>PJ and Thomas McKay</b>, Bloggers and Influencers, The Property Lovers <p>“This book expertly and joyfully allows the reader to engage and learn the benefit of having a ‘playful brain and mindset’ to face our challenges and overcome obstacles. Being better at play may be the antidote that lifts folks out of an exhausted existence and into the space of fun, humor, laughter and showing life who is living it.” <p><b>Dr. Janet Taylor</b>, Psychiatrist and Author, <i>The Courageous Classroom</i>
<p>"<i>The Playful Life</i> is a gem! So many practical and easily implemented ideas to make every day more joyful and fun! Julie P. Jones and Jed Dearbury have struck the perfect balance of providing inspiring and meaningful anecdotes alongside tons of actionable things we can do immediately to make life more playful. The book is timely, practical, and a must-read!"<br />—<b>Adam Bellow</b>, CEO and Co-Founder of Breakout EDU</p> <p>"In A Playful Classroom, Dearybury and Jones demonstrated how play could lead to deeper thinking, improved creativity, and better social-emotional skills. This book builds on that foundation by sharing how play can be an end in itself rather than a means to an end. While the style is playful and approachable, the book is a deep reading, proving that play is actually a very serious topic. The book offers a more expansive view of play, including both a behavior and a mindset. Play is collecting things. Play is building and making. Play is imagination. Play is creative risk-taking. The authors provide practical ideas and strategies you can implement tomorrow."<br />—<b>John Spencer</b>, Professor/Author</p> <p>"This book expertly and joyfully allows the reader to engage and learn the benefit of having a 'playful brain and mindset' to face our challenges and overcome obstacles. Playing better at life may be the antidote that lifts folks out of an exhausted existence and into the space of fun, humor, laughter and showing life who's living it."<br />—<b>Dr. Janet Taylor</b>, Psychiatrist, Author <i>The Courageous Classroom</i></p> <p>"Jed and Julie's, <i>The Playful Life</i>, inspires the reader to go beyond the bounds of societal expectations and engage the world joyfully, expressively, and eagerly, returning to us the eyes of a child. With rejuvenated vision, we can see our experiences and communities with a sense of wonder and curiosity about the possibilities, allowing us not just to think, but dream big...AGAIN!"<br />—<b>Natalia Rosario</b>, Urban Planner</p> <p>"Play is more important and more necessary than ever, and Julie and Jed are experts on the subject -- and what's more, expert guides to help us all cultivate a more playful approach to life. Stop what you're doing and READ THIS BOOK. I guarantee your future, more playful self will be grateful you did."<br />—<b>Jarrett Lerner</b>, Author, Illustrator</p> <p>"What a fun read (which I suppose to be expected from a book about the art of play, but one never knows)!!! No matter who you are, this humorous and informative book will remind you of the importance of play and of the wide-eyed, childlike enthusiasm for life we adults tend to forget. This is the first book I've read that told me to stop reading and go do a spontaneous activity that brings me joy...which inspired me to go do said spontaneous thing, but then immediately return to the book to see what other wonderful advice it held."<br />—<b>M. Judson Berry</b>, actor/ writer</p> <p>"Play connects us. Play heals. Play helps us learn. But in modern life, play is a forgotten art, a casualty of our test and work-obsessed culture that isolates us from what makes us human. TPL is an ode to play, written in a heartfelt romp that model's playfulness itself. Jed and Julie teach us that play isn't simply what we do; it’s a mindset we hone, a skill that we sharpen, a habit that we build, and so much more. And whether we're looking to engage life or avoid burnout ourselves, it all begins with the relationship we explore with our own inner child."<br />—<b>Takeru 'TK' Nagayoshi</b>, 2020 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year</p> <p>"Hopelessness is chronic, and stress is a silent killer. Due to such painful realities in life, intentionality in healthy mental hygiene has become more imperative now than ever before. In <i>The Playful Life</i>, amazing authors Dr. Julie Jones and Mr. Jed Dearybury serve us up heaping and happy doses of cheerful perspectives, brimming with life-applicable lessons and amusing dashes of hilarity. I felt my world de-stressing with each and every word and I became more playful with every jot and tittle!"<br />—<b>Marvin Rogers</b>, Author and Wine Industry Executive</p> <p>"We have evolved to play. It is in our DNA. It is part of our human story since the beginning of time. Without it, our lives long for fullness. As someone who walked away from two decades of a playless life to fully embrace my playful spirit, I strongly encourage you to read this book and join me in living a playful life."<br />—<b>Darryl Edwards</b>, Founder/CEO Primal Play, author, movement coach</p> <p>"This book feels like you're having a conversation with two friends while simultaneously learning an immense amount of information in the process. The way Jed and Julie's playful candor helps you take in all that you're reading and digest it. And boy did we eat it up. Highly recommend this book to anyone looking to educate themselves on the importance of play, the importance of self, and the importance of the curious world around you."<br />—<b>PJ and Thomas McKay</b></p> <p>"As an educator and public speaker across the nation, it’s my job to engage people with laughter and learning. At the heart of that work is the power of play. After reading Jed and Julie’s book, I now understand all the more just how important playfulness is to life. Read this asap. You won't regret it!"<br />—<b>Gerry Brooks</b>, lifetime educator and public speaker</p>

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