Art of living Quote by Penelope Leach

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

— Frank Caplan

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

Play is the work of the child.

— Maria Montessori

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

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

Whether were parents, carers, teachers or anyone working with young children, we know that children move easily and often between free play and structured…

— Michael Rosen

Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart,…

— Carl Orff

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

Children do not play because they learn; They play because they play.

— Magda Gerber

The child knows only that he engages in play because it is enjoyable. He isn't aware of his need to play--a need which has…

— Bruno Bettelheim

Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart,…

— Carl Orff