Adults-quotes Quote by Ellen Palestrant

Time is a game played beautifully by children.

— Heraclitus

Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration

— Jean Piaget

A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is time for a return to childhood, to simplicity, to running and climbing and laughing in the sunshine, to experiencing happiness instead of…

— L.R.Knost

“Our childhood is too brief to fill it with activities that stifle our spirit and rob our joy.”

— Richard Blackaby

“Play itself is a primary process, not a luxury, not a hobby, but something all children must do to survive into adulthood.”

— Sarah Ruhl

“Take some time to write down what you see your children enjoying, what you see them learning and so on. However,”

— Pam Laricchia

“Through play, children experience a greater confidence in their bodies, surroundings and themselves. They become familiar with what they can and cannot do.”

— Iben Dissing Sandahl

“To express nostalgia for a childhood we no longer share is to deny the actual significance and humanity of children.”

— Perry Nodelman

“Some stories need to be told time and again. Every generation forgets. Every child learns anew.”

— David Demchuk

Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play and fear that time spent playing is time lost to more practical pursuits.

— Robin Marantz Henig

“Indeed we all try to raise our children as if our past experiences are important for their future, but they rarely are.”

— Nelson DeMille