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“I do know a boy and a girl who've benefitted from their parents' high regard for academic achievement. But they've suffered from it, too...…

— Muffy Mead-Ferro

Play is the work of the child.

— Maria Montessori

“the child shows through its conversation that the educational work of the school is being undermined by the attitude taken in his home, he…

— Maria Montessori

I believe that the school must represent present life - life as real and vital to the child as that which he carries on…

— John Dewey

If you're going to equalize the academic playing field, you've got to get the kids in early childhood programs.

— Paul Vallas

Play is the work of childhood.

— Jean Piaget

“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

“I cut our school time to the most important and let the kids have the rest of the time to play — which it…

— Pam Barnhill

“What scientists haven’t realized until recently is that these risk factors have an upside. In other words, the sensitivities and the strengths are a…

— Susan Cain

Every child should have time for arts, music, sports, drama, robotics, school newspapers and the like, not to mention recess and play.

— Chris Gabrieli

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 really the work of childhood

— Fred Rogers