Helping Kids Navigate the Playground

Scarsdale alum Todd Rosenthal has just written The Playground Playbook, a guide to helping kids navigate the social issues that arise in playground play. A 1988 graduate of SHS Rosenthal has worked with kids for twenty years helping them develop sporting ability and social skills. He wrote this guide to help kids with problems stemming from behavioral and social issues occurring in the playground. His goal is to help kids make friends, improve self-esteem, and teach playground culture to help kids avoid unnecessary conflict and bullying.

Book Description: Feeling left out of playground fun hurts! However, getting into groups or "pickup games" (which are games created spontaneously by players who form the teams, make the rules, and referee the action themselves) takes specific skills and know how.

There are common problems that kids experience. To answer the needs of such children I've written The Playground Playbook. In it I've described ways that can be used by kids of various skill levels to overcome many basic game and group related difficulties.

No longer will kids see playing with others as such a mystery. No longer will their questions remain unanswered. I hope that after implementing some of my suggestions a greater confidence will be achieved so your child can succeed and become a valuable member of the playgroup.

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