Playing is not only fun. It is educational. It is motivational. It is inspiring. The importance of play happens from the moment a child is born and continues right into that person’s life. Communication, Eye contact, words and interaction is play happening at it’s very best.
Sometimes I often find it hard to find the energy to play. I know this ok. We are not meant to be the super bunny all the time (or any of the time really). But remember play can be as simple as stacking and sorting kitchen mixing bowls while you are preparing dinner.
I hope you find these quotes just as inspiring as I did. With spring time coming, I know our playing time will be happening more outdoors.
1. “When we come together to play and be we are truly ourselves When we are truly ourselves it is wonderful and when we act collectively in that wonder we do transformative work for our community and our world.” – Brad Colby
2. “When children pretend, they’re 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
3. “Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul.” – Friedrich Froebel
4. “Play is not only our creative drive; it’s a fundamental mode of learning.” – David Elkind
5. “Play is the highest form of research.” – Albert Einstein
6. “Play is the beginning of knowledge.” – George Dorsey
7. “We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything, than when we are at play.” – Charles Schaefer
8. “All work and no play is not good for the soul.” – Felix Sabates
9. “Play keeps us vital and alive. It gives us an enthusiasm for life that is irreplaceable. Without it, life just doesn’t taste good.” – Lucia Capocchione
10. “The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.” – Erik H. Erikson
