As children growing up in the city of Detroit,
Michigan I believe we had a great childhood, books to read, play cooking toys,
and a guessing box full of small items. I and my sisters would play for hours;
we would pretend to read to each other’s by looking at the pictures in a book. We
would cook for our husband and children, I had eight, she had six children, and
we had our own business (store) our families owned. I can’t remember all of my
children names but each one of them had one, and I and my sister had a great
time pretending. Our feely box was
magical, because everything we pulled out of it could talk, and told us a
story.
Play energizes us and enlivens us. It
eases our burdens. It renews our natural sense of optimism and opens us up to
new possibilities.
Stuart Brown, MD
Contemporary American psychiatrist
Contemporary American psychiatrist
Play is our brain's favorite way of
learning.
Diane Ackerman
Contemporary American author
Contemporary American author
Reference
http://www.thestrong.org/about-play/play-quotes
Retrieved July 21, 2012
I went to "the Strong" this week also, and enjoyed weaving my way through other links about play. I signed up for the news updates. I didn't know there were so many organizations advocating for play. We need to figure out how to get more people in power to listen! Your play connection presented a great image. Thank you
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DeleteIt seem like you and your sister had a great childhood that related to connection to play by pretending to read to each other by looking at pictures in the book’s that you both was looking at because to me that is how most children learn how to read by looking at pictures in a book, signs when riding in the car with their parent’s, or by looking at the pictures in a newspaper. I agree with your quote that “Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.
Jannell
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