You Spin Me Right ‘Round, Baby Right ‘Round…
I was invited to Glenelg Country School, a private school in Howard County,Maryland to listen to Angela Hanscom speak about the importance of outdoor play in the lives of children. Ms. Hanscom is a pediatric occupational therapist, a mother of three, and the founder of TimberNook, a nature-based developmental camp for children. I consider myself someone who believes in the importance of outdoor play, and I was fairly certain I would enjoy her talk. By the end, I was grateful for and impressed by her insight into why outdoor free play and unrestrained movement are vital for the physical, cognitive and emotional development of our children. As a pediatrician, I have the joy of spending many hours a day with kids from birth to early adulthood. When I listened to Angela Hanscom’s experience and read her book, it was an… Read More »You Spin Me Right ‘Round, Baby Right ‘Round…
