Game On? Brain On!

The Surprising Relationship Between Play and Gray (Matter)

By: Lindsay Portnoy

Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King

Get in the game!

The research is clear: Human beings are born to play. In Game On? Brain On!, Lindsay Portnoy unpacks the games and playful experiences that invite engagement and deep learning. Using cognitive science to explore the ways in which play helps students acquire and maintain critical skills, Portnoy shows how inviting creativity and excitement into the classroom results in big gains for everyone. She also shares how, by being intentional, educators can create equitable access to playful learning experiences for all children.

Through relatable vignettes, ready-to-use examples, and informative "Level Up" toolboxes, Portnoy empowers educators to teach a better way - through play!

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©2020 Lindsay Portnoy (P)2022 Tantor

Thanks for being included in the "free" collection - because every teacher NEEDS to hear this

In the last section, Portnoy states that her goal is to take the learning from the ivory towers and make it accessible to everyone and she absolutely does that. I use play in many ways in my ESL lessons because I see the benefits but it can be hard to justify that to their Czech parents - who come from a generation where school was decidedly un-fun but you suffered through it anyway, because... because. And as a teacher of also adults - I hear it ALL THE TIME - how they remember very little of their science, history and foreign language classes. Shame, isn't it. All those years. COMPULSARY education - and little in the way of retention or value to the individual.

"GAME ON BRAIN ON" is full of examples of research supporting the idea that play is how we best learn. And the current model desperately needs reforming.