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Heard in Rye Panel - Nature Deficit: Children and Unstructured Play

Heard in Rye will be hosting a panel of experts to discuss how parents of young chidren pre-K through grade 2 can increase and  improve unstructured play experiences for their kids. 

Parents will learn about and discuss how the loss of unstructured and outdoor play is affecting their children and what they can do about it.

The panel will be moderated by Kathy Price of Rye Presbyterian Nursery School.  The panelists are:

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  • Dr. Paul Donahue, Clinical Psychologist
  • Stephanie Low, Rye Youth Council, RCPS
  • Ed Phillip, Rye Y
  • Sally Rogol, Rye Recreation Dept
  • Christine Siller, Rye Nature Center

For eleven years, the Heard in Rye speaker series has provided parents with strategies for raising children in today's society.  The series is sponsored by the parents' organizations and PTA's of public and independent schools in Rye, Mamaroneck, Rye Brook and Greenwich, as well as the Rye YMCA, Rye Youth Council, Rye Free Reading Room and Rye PBA.  For more topics in this year's series, click here.

 

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