{"id":1972,"date":"2012-06-19T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T15:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2012-06-19T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T15:20:09","slug":"play-is-the-work-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/19\/play-is-the-work-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Is the Work of Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>We all know that children need lots of free time to play, but sometimes it&#8217;s nice to hear it again.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a compilation of quotes through the centuries about the importance of play&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1977\" title=\"p1\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p1.jpg 375w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>&#8220;You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing.\u00a0 What!\u00a0 Is it nothing to be happy?\u00a0 Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long?\u00a0 Never in his life will he be so busy again.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1978\" title=\"p2\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>\u201cPlay is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>~Joseph Chilton Pearce <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1979\" title=\"p3\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p3.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>\u201cPlay is not only our creative drive; it\u2019s a fundamental mode of learning.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>~David Elkind <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1980\" title=\"p4\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p4.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>\u201cThe activities that are the easiest, cheapest, and most fun to do \u2013 such as singing, playing games, reading, storytelling, and just talking and listening \u2013 are also the best for child development.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>~Jerome Singer <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p51.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1982\" title=\"p5\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p51.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p51-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>\u201cPlay is the beginning of knowledge.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>~Anonymous<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1983\" title=\"p6\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p6.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>\u201cPlay builds the kind of free-and-easy, try-it-out, do-it-yourself character that our future needs.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>~James L. Hymes Jr. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1984\" title=\"p7\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p7.jpg 375w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p7-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>\u201cThe most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>~Plato<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1985\" title=\"p8\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p8.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;\">Children need the freedom and time to play.\u00a0 Play is not a luxury.\u00a0 Play is a necessity.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;\">~Kay Redfield Jamison<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1986\" title=\"p9\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p9.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p9-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;\">Pausing to listen to an airplane in the sky, stooping to watch a ladybug on a plant, sitting on a rock to watch the waves crash over the quayside &#8211; children have their own agendas and timescales.\u00a0 As they find out more about their world and their place in it, they work hard not to let adults hurry them.\u00a0 We need to hear their voices.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;\">~Cathy Nutbrown<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1987\" title=\"p10\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p10.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p10-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>\u201cPlay is the highest form of research.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>~Albert Einstein <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1988\" title=\"p11\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p11.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1989\" title=\"p12\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p12.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p12-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p131.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1991\" title=\"p13\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p131.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p131-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p14.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1992\" title=\"p14\" src=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/p14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p14.jpg 500w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/p14-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Happy Tuesday!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that children need lots of free time to play, but sometimes it&#8217;s nice to hear it again.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a compilation of quotes through the centuries about the importance of play&#8230; 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