This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Early Years Advisory Teacher, Karen Loft, for the attention of all Early Years and Childcare Practitioners.
Teacher Tom: Play fighting
In case you missed it, here is a link to a post from this week... Among the animals that play, and that includes all the mammals, birds, and reptiles ever studied, and even some fish and insects, play fighting is the most common form of play. This should tell us something important about play fighting. There is no way that this particular behaviour would be so universal if it wasn't an important adaptive trait. Indeed, play fighting's prevalence tells us that it has been evolutionarily selected as a behaviour that supports survival and reproduction, yet here we are as early childhood educators systematically telling our young: "No fighting."
Read the full blog here: Teacher Tom: Play Fighting (teachertomsblog.blogspot.com)
