Raising Creative Humans

If you want to raise creative humans, give them permission to make a mess and clean up after themselves. - Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui

Freedom to Play

Grownups are often puzzled by children's play because we don't fully understand, but a child needs the freedom to play what we don't always understand. - Fred Rogers

Play

Children play. Wherever we find children, we find play. They pretend. They try on life. Play is as natural to children as eating and sleeping. It is a fundamental force in growing. - Geraldine Brain Siks

Children Play

 Children play for the same reason that water flows and birds fly. - O. Fred Donaldson

Freedom

Play is, first and foremost, an expression of freedom. It is what one wants to do as opposed to what one is obliged to do. - Peter Gray

School Day

I don't make time for play, the whole day is play. - Kristi Mraz

Interwoven

Play is not separate from our learning. It's not for "after our work is done". It's the vehicle for our language development, social learning, emerging STEM thinking and more. It's interwoven into everything we do, and engages students' heads, hands and hearts. - Joel Seaman

Materials

Children don't need the perfect materials. They need to be empowered with the freedom to use the materials they do have to create the props they need for their play. - Denita Dinger

Play

Remember: Play is in the child, not in the toy. - Author Unknown

Play

Children learn through doing --- play is how they explore the world, learn to assess risk, try things out, and get to know themselves. - Bethe Almeras

Free Play

Let's make time for unorganized, unstructured, free play. Let's plan not to plan. Let's allow our children the freedom to explore the unscripted beauty of childhood, where creativity, imagination, and curiosity live. - Shirra Baston

Nature & Play

To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to removing oxygen. - Richard Louv

Play

 The capacity to play is a survival skill. - Susan Linn, The Case for Make Believe

Play

Play will raise the child in ways you can never imagine. - Vince Gowmon

Play

Play is the beginning of knowledge. - George Dorsey

Memories

Activities we now consider dangerous many adults recollect as some of their fondest memories. - Angela J.  Hanscom, Balanced and Barefoot

Play

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. - Leo F. Buscaglia

More Harm Than Good

We think we know what is best for our children. We are just trying to protect them. However, by constantly rushing children, restricting their movement, and diminishing their time to play, we could be causing more harm than good. - Angela J. Hanscom

Play

Our culture often mistakes maturity for the abandonment of play. True maturity is knowing when to embrace it. - Liam T. Whitley

Research

Play is the highest form of research. - Albert Einstein