Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

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

The main point for me is that toys are incredibly more important than we realized.

Play is the work of childhood.

Every boy learns more in his hours of play than in his hours of labor. In school, he lays in the materials of thinking, but in his sports, he actually thinks: he whets his faculties, and he opens his eyes.

Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing a consensus view that play is something more than a way for restless kids to work off steam; more than a way for chubby kids to burn off calories; more than a frivolous luxury.

For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.

When kids play, they are working on imagining the kind of world we live in.

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.

Look at kids playing with blocks. I think it's in everyone's DNA to want to be a builder.

Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.

I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.

It's easier for a kid to have fun and have an imagination.

I believe a child's most important job is to explore the world around them through play.

Play is the royal road to childhood happiness and adult brilliance.

Lego allows all levels of complexity. But a child can do their own thing at any level. They can built a pirate ship, for example, and then mash it up with completely different things.

What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

I think the arts are very important for children growing up.

We know when children have a place to play they live healthier, happier lives.

Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer and harsher as a consequence. The value of liminal space and transitional imagination remain personally and culturally undeveloped.

I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.

People have to see play as more important than what it currently is. We don't want to get boxed into thinking play only happens on a playground. The best type of play is all kinds of play.