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One Problem With Sold a Story 2: Disregarding Discovery Learning and Child Development

November 4, 2026 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” ~Fred Rogers, You Are Special: Neighborly Words of Wisdom from Mister Rogers (1995) Emily Hanford’s Sold a Story 2 is a tribute to Siegfried “Zig” Engelmann, whose […]

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