“It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.” -Marcia Wieder
George knocked on the door of his friend’s house. When his friend’s mother answered he asked, “Can Albert come out to play?” “No,” said the mother, “It’s too cold.” “Well, then,” said George, “can his football come out to play?”
“Surely all God’s people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes - all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them.” -John Muir (1838 - 1914): “The Story of My Boyhood and Youth” (1913), pages 186 and 187
“Always jump in the puddles! Always skip alongside the flowers. The only fights worth fighting are the pillow and food varieties.” -Terri Guillemets (born 1973)
Before televisions, media players, home computers, the internet, cell phones, and video games, children spent most of their free time playing outside.
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“Life is more fun if you play games.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990)
“Playing outside makes children smarter, healthier, and happier.” -Author Unknown
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“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “Journals”
“Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that’s just for me, and I won’t worry about what I ‘should’ be doing. I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.” -Melody Beattie (Melody Lynn Beattie (born 1948))
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“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.” -Charles Schaefer
George knocked on the door of his friend’s house. When his friend’s mother answered he asked, “Can Albert come out to play?” “No,” said the mother, “It’s too cold.” “Well, then,” said George, “can his football come out to play?”
“Surely all God’s people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes - all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them.” -John Muir (1838 - 1914): “The Story of My Boyhood and Youth” (1913), pages 186 and 187
“Always jump in the puddles! Always skip alongside the flowers. The only fights worth fighting are the pillow and food varieties.” -Terri Guillemets (born 1973)
Before televisions, media players, home computers, the internet, cell phones, and video games, children spent most of their free time playing outside.
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“Life is more fun if you play games.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990)
“Playing outside makes children smarter, healthier, and happier.” -Author Unknown
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“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “Journals”
“Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that’s just for me, and I won’t worry about what I ‘should’ be doing. I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.” -Melody Beattie (Melody Lynn Beattie (born 1948))
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“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.” -Charles Schaefer
Playing Outdoors
What lovely things
Outdoors I see!
The sun, a bird,
A great big tree!
God put them there
For you and me!
By Author Unknown
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“My childhood may be over, but that doesn’t mean playtime is.” -Ron Olson
“As astronauts and space travelers children puzzle over the future; as dinosaurs and princesses they unearth the past. As weather reporters and restaurant workers they make sense of reality; as monsters and gremlins they make sense of the unreal.” -Gretchen Owocki
“The highest form of research is essentially play.” -N. V. Scarfe (Neville Vincent Scarfe (1908 - 1985)
“The true object of all human life is play.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)): “All Things Considered” (1908)
When Albert’s baby sister was born, his mother told him the baby would be nice to play with. After looking at it for a while, he complained, “Yes, but where are its wheels?”
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“Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.” -Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
“Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” -Kay Redfield Jamison
Riddle: What does the following mean? A maximum amount of purposeful activity and a minimum amount of disport and dalliance cause Jack to become a dim-witted, stagnant dunce of the male species.
Solution: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in James Howell (1594 - 1666): “Proverbs in English, Italian, French, and Spanish” (1659)
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.
-Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849): “Harry and Lucy Concluded” (1825)
“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” -John Cleese (John Marwood Cleese (born 1939)): as quoted in Dale N. LeFevre: “Best New Games” (2002), page 9
“Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children.” -Kenneth R. Ginsburg
Have you played today?
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“Children’s games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592))
“Let them play! The more they play, the more resilient and socially adept they will become.” -Jessica Joelle Alexander
“Play: Instinctually guided unrestrained accelerated learning along unpredictable tangential paths leading to successful survival.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
What lovely things
Outdoors I see!
The sun, a bird,
A great big tree!
God put them there
For you and me!
By Author Unknown
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“My childhood may be over, but that doesn’t mean playtime is.” -Ron Olson
“As astronauts and space travelers children puzzle over the future; as dinosaurs and princesses they unearth the past. As weather reporters and restaurant workers they make sense of reality; as monsters and gremlins they make sense of the unreal.” -Gretchen Owocki
“The highest form of research is essentially play.” -N. V. Scarfe (Neville Vincent Scarfe (1908 - 1985)
“The true object of all human life is play.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)): “All Things Considered” (1908)
When Albert’s baby sister was born, his mother told him the baby would be nice to play with. After looking at it for a while, he complained, “Yes, but where are its wheels?”
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“Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.” -Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
“Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” -Kay Redfield Jamison
Riddle: What does the following mean? A maximum amount of purposeful activity and a minimum amount of disport and dalliance cause Jack to become a dim-witted, stagnant dunce of the male species.
Solution: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in James Howell (1594 - 1666): “Proverbs in English, Italian, French, and Spanish” (1659)
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.
-Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849): “Harry and Lucy Concluded” (1825)
“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” -John Cleese (John Marwood Cleese (born 1939)): as quoted in Dale N. LeFevre: “Best New Games” (2002), page 9
“Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children.” -Kenneth R. Ginsburg
Have you played today?
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“Children’s games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592))
“Let them play! The more they play, the more resilient and socially adept they will become.” -Jessica Joelle Alexander
“Play: Instinctually guided unrestrained accelerated learning along unpredictable tangential paths leading to successful survival.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning.” -Fred Rogers (Fred McFeely Rogers (also known as Mr. Rogers (1928 - 2003))): “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America’s Most Beloved Neighbor,” Chapter 4
“Imaginative play is a key that opens the doors of intuition.” -Frances Vaughan (1935)
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“Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.” -Evan Esar (born Esar Levine (1899 - 1995)): “Esar’s Comic Dictionary” (1943)
“Learning to share and take turns happens during play.” -Author Unknown
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As Johnny Went A-Walking
As Johnny went a-walking, a-walking, a-walking
As Johnny went-a-walking one fine day
He met a little neighbor, a neighbor, a neighbor
And they began to play:
First they played at horses, horses, horses
First they played at horses
Just this way:
They played at aeroplanes, aeroplanes, aeroplanes (and so on).
Then they played at bunnies, bunnies, bunnies (and so on).
Then they played at fire engines, fire engines, fire engines (and so on).
By Author Unknown
“Work and play are an artificial pair of opposites, because the best kind of play contains an element of work, and the most productive kind of work must include something of the spirit of play.” -Sydney J. Harris (Sydney Justin Harris (1917 - 1986)): “On the Contrary” (1964), Chapter 7
“Play is the exultation of the possible.” -Martin Buber (1878 - 1965)
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“Imaginative play is a key that opens the doors of intuition.” -Frances Vaughan (1935)
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“Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.” -Evan Esar (born Esar Levine (1899 - 1995)): “Esar’s Comic Dictionary” (1943)
“Learning to share and take turns happens during play.” -Author Unknown
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As Johnny Went A-Walking
As Johnny went a-walking, a-walking, a-walking
As Johnny went-a-walking one fine day
He met a little neighbor, a neighbor, a neighbor
And they began to play:
First they played at horses, horses, horses
First they played at horses
Just this way:
They played at aeroplanes, aeroplanes, aeroplanes (and so on).
Then they played at bunnies, bunnies, bunnies (and so on).
Then they played at fire engines, fire engines, fire engines (and so on).
By Author Unknown
“Work and play are an artificial pair of opposites, because the best kind of play contains an element of work, and the most productive kind of work must include something of the spirit of play.” -Sydney J. Harris (Sydney Justin Harris (1917 - 1986)): “On the Contrary” (1964), Chapter 7
“Play is the exultation of the possible.” -Martin Buber (1878 - 1965)
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“Play keeps us vital and alive. It gives us an enthusiasm for life that is irreplaceable.” -Lucia Capacchione
“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 Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
Let’s play ‘airplane’! Let’s play choo-choo train! Let’s play tag - you’re it! Let’s play swamp monster! Let’s play dinosaurs! Let’s play hide-and-seek! Let’s play space aliens! Let’s play cops and robbers! Let’s play follow-the-leader! Let’s play dress-up! Let’s play store! Can you think of other games we can play? Which one is your favorite?
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“For a child, it is in the simplicity of play that the complexity of life is sorted, like puzzle pieces joined together to make sense of the world.” -L. R. Knost
“To the art of working well a civilized race would add that art of playing well.” -George Santayana (1863 - 1952): “Little Essays” (1920)
“All play is associated with intense thought activity and rapid intellectual growth.” -N. V. Scarfe (Neville Vincent Scarfe (1908 - 1985): ‘Play is Education’ article published in the “Childhood Education” (November 1962) journal, Volume 39, Issue 3, page 120
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“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Let The Children Play!
- Climb trees
- Dig in the dirt
- Follow the leader
- Go on a bug hunt
- Hide and seek
- Hopscotch
- Jump over things
- Make mud pies
- Roll down a hill
- Stomp in puddles
- Tag
- Weave a daisy chain
What can you add to this list?
“The ability to play is essential to being a creative artist.” -Dewitt Jones
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Our minds need relaxation and give way
Unless we mix with work a little play.
-Molière (pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 - 1673)): “The School for Husbands” (1661)
“Play is not a break from learning. It is learning.” -Priya Florence Shah
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“Playing is working in a state of grace.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” -Carl Jung (Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961))
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“It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (“Essays”) (1595), Book 1, chapter 23
“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 Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
Let’s play ‘airplane’! Let’s play choo-choo train! Let’s play tag - you’re it! Let’s play swamp monster! Let’s play dinosaurs! Let’s play hide-and-seek! Let’s play space aliens! Let’s play cops and robbers! Let’s play follow-the-leader! Let’s play dress-up! Let’s play store! Can you think of other games we can play? Which one is your favorite?
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“For a child, it is in the simplicity of play that the complexity of life is sorted, like puzzle pieces joined together to make sense of the world.” -L. R. Knost
“To the art of working well a civilized race would add that art of playing well.” -George Santayana (1863 - 1952): “Little Essays” (1920)
“All play is associated with intense thought activity and rapid intellectual growth.” -N. V. Scarfe (Neville Vincent Scarfe (1908 - 1985): ‘Play is Education’ article published in the “Childhood Education” (November 1962) journal, Volume 39, Issue 3, page 120
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“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Let The Children Play!
- Climb trees
- Dig in the dirt
- Follow the leader
- Go on a bug hunt
- Hide and seek
- Hopscotch
- Jump over things
- Make mud pies
- Roll down a hill
- Stomp in puddles
- Tag
- Weave a daisy chain
What can you add to this list?
“The ability to play is essential to being a creative artist.” -Dewitt Jones
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Our minds need relaxation and give way
Unless we mix with work a little play.
-Molière (pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 - 1673)): “The School for Husbands” (1661)
“Play is not a break from learning. It is learning.” -Priya Florence Shah
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“Playing is working in a state of grace.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” -Carl Jung (Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961))
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“It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (“Essays”) (1595), Book 1, chapter 23
“Play so that you may be serious.” -Anacharsis: as quoted in Aristotle: “Nicomachean Ethics” (about 350 B.C.E.)
“Give childhood back to children: if we want our offspring to have happy, productive and moral lives, we must allow more time for play, not less.” -Peter Gray
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“In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.” -Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17 or 18)): “The Art of Love” (about C.E. 8)
“If animals play, this is because play is useful in the struggle for survival; because play practices and so perfects the skills needed in adult life.” -Susanna Miller
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“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.)
“Give childhood back to children: if we want our offspring to have happy, productive and moral lives, we must allow more time for play, not less.” -Peter Gray
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“In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.” -Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17 or 18)): “The Art of Love” (about C.E. 8)
“If animals play, this is because play is useful in the struggle for survival; because play practices and so perfects the skills needed in adult life.” -Susanna Miller
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“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.)
Play
Housework can wait,
My children need kisses.
They want me to play,
I’ll put off the dishes.
When they’re grown,
I’ll keep the house spic’n’ span . . .
But children grow fast so
I’ll play while I can.
By Leslie Prest
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Housework can wait,
My children need kisses.
They want me to play,
I’ll put off the dishes.
When they’re grown,
I’ll keep the house spic’n’ span . . .
But children grow fast so
I’ll play while I can.
By Leslie Prest
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Overheard: I would like to run around in circles and flap my arms and loudly imitate the sounds made by animals - will you join me?
“Play and playful forms of activity potentially lead towards increasingly complex forms of knowledge, skills, and understanding.” -Elizabeth Wood
“When children pretend, they are using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero.” -Fred Rogers (Fred McFeely ‘Mister’ Rogers (1928 - 2003))
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Wanda.
Wanda, who?
Wanda come over and play with me?
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“Play is the work of childhood.” -Jean Piaget (Jean William Fritz Piaget (1896 - 1980))
“Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” -Diane Ackerman
“Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.” -May Sarton (pseudonym of Eleanore Marie Sarton (1912 - 1995))
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“Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.” -Heraclitus (Heraclitus of Ephesus (about 535 B.C.E. - 475 B.C.E.)) (500 B.C.E.)
“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.” -Joseph Chilton Pearce (1926 - 2016)
“Having forgotten the importance of play or even how to play, we have invented professional sports leagues. Play is fun; sport as entertainment is vicarious fun, or fun minus the robust growth of mind and muscle and genuine camaraderie.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” -Alan Watts (Alan Wilson Watts (1915 - 1973)): “Essential Lectures of Alan Watts” (1973), Volume 1: ‘Work as Play’ audio recording
“When we deny children play, we are denying them the right to understand the world.” -Erika Christakis
“Whoever wants to understand much must play much.” -Gottfried Benn
“Life is playfulness . . .We need to play so that we can rediscover the magic all around us.” -Flora Colao
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“Many children cannot play because they live in circumstances in which merely surviving is everything. By adulthood, they have had their play instinct suppressed so completely that they would actually have to relearn it. What is the solution to this?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Play keeps us fit physically and mentally.” -Stuart Brown
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“Play brings joy. And it’s vital for problem solving, creativity, and relationships.” -Margarita Tartakovsky
“The human urge to create comes from the play impulse.” -Carla Hannaford: “Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head”
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“It is in playing, and only in playing, that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality . . .” -D. W. Winnicott
“The world is your playground. Why aren’t you playing?” -Ellie Katz
“Children are not built to sit and be taught. They were built to play, explore, and discover.” -Author Unknown
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“Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.” -Jean Piaget (Jean William Fritz Piaget (1896 - 1980))
Henny: Why did the child cross the playground?
Penny: To get to the other slide!
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“When they play, children learn the skills they need for life.” -Peter Gray
“Some days are simply meant for playing.” -Mary Anne Radmacher (Mary Anne Em Radmacher (born 1957)) at https://www.maryanneradmacher.net/
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“Life must be lived as play.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.)
Every day, it is beneficial for all of us to get out of the little boxes in which we live, and away from the little screens we stare at for hours without end, and go outside - do you remember the place called ‘outside’? Sure you do! It’s where birds and squirrels and grasshoppers and people live and learn and grow and play and have fun! So why not head out there right now and . . . Make Fun Of Life!
“When children pretend, they are using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero.” -Fred Rogers (Fred McFeely ‘Mister’ Rogers (1928 - 2003))
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Wanda.
Wanda, who?
Wanda come over and play with me?
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“Play is the work of childhood.” -Jean Piaget (Jean William Fritz Piaget (1896 - 1980))
“Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” -Diane Ackerman
“Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.” -May Sarton (pseudonym of Eleanore Marie Sarton (1912 - 1995))
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“Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.” -Heraclitus (Heraclitus of Ephesus (about 535 B.C.E. - 475 B.C.E.)) (500 B.C.E.)
“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.” -Joseph Chilton Pearce (1926 - 2016)
“Having forgotten the importance of play or even how to play, we have invented professional sports leagues. Play is fun; sport as entertainment is vicarious fun, or fun minus the robust growth of mind and muscle and genuine camaraderie.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” -Alan Watts (Alan Wilson Watts (1915 - 1973)): “Essential Lectures of Alan Watts” (1973), Volume 1: ‘Work as Play’ audio recording
“When we deny children play, we are denying them the right to understand the world.” -Erika Christakis
“Whoever wants to understand much must play much.” -Gottfried Benn
“Life is playfulness . . .We need to play so that we can rediscover the magic all around us.” -Flora Colao
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“Many children cannot play because they live in circumstances in which merely surviving is everything. By adulthood, they have had their play instinct suppressed so completely that they would actually have to relearn it. What is the solution to this?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Play keeps us fit physically and mentally.” -Stuart Brown
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“Play brings joy. And it’s vital for problem solving, creativity, and relationships.” -Margarita Tartakovsky
“The human urge to create comes from the play impulse.” -Carla Hannaford: “Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head”
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“It is in playing, and only in playing, that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality . . .” -D. W. Winnicott
“The world is your playground. Why aren’t you playing?” -Ellie Katz
“Children are not built to sit and be taught. They were built to play, explore, and discover.” -Author Unknown
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“Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.” -Jean Piaget (Jean William Fritz Piaget (1896 - 1980))
Henny: Why did the child cross the playground?
Penny: To get to the other slide!
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“When they play, children learn the skills they need for life.” -Peter Gray
“Some days are simply meant for playing.” -Mary Anne Radmacher (Mary Anne Em Radmacher (born 1957)) at https://www.maryanneradmacher.net/
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“Life must be lived as play.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.)
Every day, it is beneficial for all of us to get out of the little boxes in which we live, and away from the little screens we stare at for hours without end, and go outside - do you remember the place called ‘outside’? Sure you do! It’s where birds and squirrels and grasshoppers and people live and learn and grow and play and have fun! So why not head out there right now and . . . Make Fun Of Life!
