Q&A With Rockefeller University Neuroscientists
Neuroscientists Eric Jarvis and Constantina Theofanopoulo Talk Song and Dance.
U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory On The Effect Of Screens On Kids.
Children’s Development at Risk. On May 23, the U.S. Surgeon General – America’s top doctor – issued an Advisory. He’s expressing concern regarding the effect of too much screen time on the mental health of children and teens. Children are vulnerable to the impact of big tech! CPI, a champion of play-based learning, is pleased […]
CPI’s Play-based Learning Initiative Featured
The April issue of 25A Magazine, featured Childsplay International (CPI) in a story about our play-based learning workshops including storytelling. It cites our recent work in places like Haiti and Pakistan, and our collaboration with great organizations and experts on the ground. 25A also touches on our work to help provide girls education. The story […]
ChildsPlay International’s First Storytelling Event in Haiti
CPI’s Advisory Board Member Dr. Jean-Elie Gilles recently held a ChildsPlay International Storytelling Session for 15 children ages 9-12 at the Loyola School in Jacmel, Haiti.
Harvard’s Mara Krechevsky Joins CPI’s Advisory Board
CPI is delighted to announce that Harvard’s Project Zero’s Mara Krechevsky, has joined our Advisory Board.
Storytelling for Children: CPI Creates Manuals To Offer Programs To Schools
ChildsPlay International has created manuals that help NGOs, schools, and community groups organize vibrant activities for children in storytelling and mask-making.
Sandra Sherman Wins The Coveted Gradiva Award
Sandra Sherman, a Director of ChildsPlay Intl. (CPI), just won a coveted Gradiva Award for a book that she wrote with Dr. Ahron Friedberg, M.D. This book offers real-time, intimate reflections on Dr. Friedberg’s patients as they struggle with COVID-19 and its disruptive, dispiriting fallout.
Dr. Gilles Joins ChildsPlay’s Advisory Board
Dr. Jean-Elie Gilles, who made his Haitian hometown Jacmel, part of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, has joined ChildsPlay International as Advisory Board Member. Dr. Gilles has been involved with Haiti’s artistic and intellectual life since the beginning of his career and has sought to make the academic community aware of its importance.
Metaverse = Addiction To Technology?
Will the Metaverse make children more addicted to tech? Many technologies available to children are owned by corporations, whose primary interest is in making money to the exclusion of everything else, in particular children’s wellbeing.
CPI featured in a Magazine for its work on Learning Through Play
Link to article here. Learning through Play is essential to culture. As children interpret traditional art forms—painting, for example, or dance, or elaborately constructed masks—they preserve culture, even while they enliven it. They play off a culture’s endless possibilities to stimulate fantasy and imagination. How CPI is Making a Difference with Learning through […]
