1. Taking Play Seriously
Andrea Hernandez
November 2010

2. Why? How?What?

3. What?

4. Open-ended

5. “Playing” or “Working?”

6. Why?

12. Imagination is
more important
than knowledge.
Knowledge is
limited~
Imagination
encircles the
world.
-Albert Einstein

13. How?

14. Iconic pattern play- Dr. Henry Olds Jr. and Dr. Walter F. Drew
“Iconic pattern play appeals to our aesthetic appreciation of
beauty but also to our cognitive understanding of structure.”
Blooming leaves

15. “Rarely do children get to work in an
environment where there is total abundance
available for their play... But technology provides
the opportunity for a significant level of
abundance.”
Pattern block created
recycled materials

16. Scratch-
Video: Welcome to Scratch
Free download-
scratch.mit.edu

17. We develop new technologies that, in the
spirit of the blocks and finger paint of
kindergarten, expand the range of what
people can design, create, and learn.

18. Fantastic Contraption

19. Whizzball

20. Lego Digital Designer

21. Our ultimate goal is a world full
of playfully creative people who
are constantly inventing new
opportunities for themselves
and their communities.
-from the Lifelong Kindergarten
Group at MIT

22. Image Credits
Puddle Play http://www.flickr.com/photos/discopalace/525858557/
kid playing in mud
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhaithaca/3728144629/
user: anissat http://www.sxc.hu/photo/602195 "Let's Play Bingo! 1”
Building with big blocks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emeryjl/4548149726/in/photostrea
m/
end of tunnel, Hilton Lange
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9g2MZb8-VAvLp18-vBUClg
quotes from Strong Museum from the flickr stream of bcsmith
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcsmith/sets/72157622976247811/
Patterns used with permission from Dr. Henry Olds, Jr.
http://connect.tech4learning.com/group/pixiepatternplay
Blooming Leaves http://patternplayproject.com/page30.html
Bottle cap block and pattern:
http://www.thecreativeeducator.com/v06/stories/Iconic_Pattern_Pl
ay
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2903981630/sizes/m/in/phot
ostream/