Child development Quote by Friedrich Frobel

Play is the work of childhood.

— Jean Piaget

Decades of research has shown that play is crucial to physical, intellectual, and social-emotiona l development at all ages. This is especially true of…

— David Elkind

Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction.

— Frank Gehry

Play is the work of the child.

— Maria Montessori

The essence of childhood, of course, is play.

— Bill Cosby

Play is really the work of childhood

— Fred Rogers

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

— Sarah Ruhl

When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.

— Joni Mitchell

It is in playing, and perhaps only in playing, that the child is free to be creative.

— Donald Woods Winnicott

Play is a sacred thing, a divine ordinance, for developing in the child a harmonious and healthy organism, and preparing that organism for the…

— J. G. Holland

Play is basic to all normal and healthy children. It provides pleasure and learning and a minimum of risks and penalties for mistakes.

— Frank Caplan