Children Quote by Michael Rosen

There is a good deal of excellent research on child's play. It has shown conclusively that through play, with the freedom of action it…

— Leo Buscaglia

For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does 'just for fun' and things…

— Penelope Leach

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

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really…

— Fred Rogers

Play is the work of the child.

— Maria Montessori

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

Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury; the time spent engaged in it is not time that could…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Play is the work of childhood.

— Jean Piaget

Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning...They have to play with what they know to be true in order to…

— Fred Rogers

Children that play outside develop better problem solving skills and have a stronger ability to work within a group.

— Jeff Foxworthy

Play is kids' work in that it is a form of experiential learning that contributes directly to a person's ability to handle failure, to…

— Jill Vialet

Play is really the work of childhood

— Fred Rogers