Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.
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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.
Play is the work of childhood.
When kids play, they are working on imagining the kind of world we live in.
For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.
If you watch young children play, you will notice that they create games, characters, situations, whole worlds in which they immerse themselves with intense concentration.
Research has shown that children who play often both solitarily and socially become more creative and imaginative than those whose exposure to play and toys is limited.
The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.
For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.
It's a mistake to try to use play to deliberately foster developmental progress.