The more less-structured time children have each day, the better they get at setting their own goals and proactively working towards them. Kind of obvious to me, but some teachers and parents think they can somehow rehearse kids into being more proactive by filling their day with structure. Children who participate in more structured activities—including soccer practice, piano lessons and homework—had poorer “self-directed executive function,” a measure of the ability to set and reach goals independently.... In the classification system used, structured activities include chores, physical lessons, non-physical lessons and religious activities. Less-structured activities include free play alone and with others, social outings, sightseeing, reading and media time. Activities that did not count in either category include sleeping, eating meals, going to school and commuting.... The time-use categories classify media screen time as unstructured, but the degree of structure depends on whether a child is watching a movie or playing a video game. However, when media time was removed from the data, the results were the same. - See more at: colorado.edu/news/features/kids-whose-time-less-structured-are-better-able-meet-their-own-goals#sthash.5io9RWIh.dpuf
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 04:41:17 +0000
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