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Two great quotes;
Diane
Ackerman
Contemporary American author
Contemporary American author
The Essentials things I would need for play.....my FRIENDS and TOYS in my younger self
As a child, I had the best time playing in my yard. My parents encouraged play and allowed our home to be the head quarter for friends to hang out at all day over the weekend and after school!
Today's play is much different from the 70's. Today children have videos, x-boxes, wii games and so much more. In the 70's we all had sticks and balls to play with. I'm glad today that toy guns are not as welcomed as they were in the 70's.
My hope for the parents today, is let your child have a balance of structured paly with free play!
The role of paly was a part of life everyday. We were expected get homework done then go outside until the street lights came on. Today play has it's same meaning.....freedom and fun. Children should be given that break each toady to run from their world of stress through play! As for adults we need that pleasure....we should train our self to have fun, it could be the form of sports, bile riding whatever, but we most have be intentional about working hard, resting and PLAYING!
I love this quote
ReplyDelete“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
― Plato
I experienced this first hand with a woman I have been working with for three years, we always got along but I felt that she was lazy, spoilt and treated differently by management than the rest of us. Over summer I was invited to her house where I learned a lot of things just by watching her interact with her children and then by seeing her interact with her husband. Things clicked and we get on like a house on fire now.
Hi Val
ReplyDeleteMy up bring is very similar to yours. Our home is where our peers came and some would stay over on the weekends. Mom would let us help her prepare the meals and once that was over we would get down on the floor and "Play Jacks" also, still
today when, I visit my mom who's 76 years old I ask is she up to a game of Jacks.
Mom still has it going on as she beats me in the game still.
Great Posting!!!