"Play is our brain's favorite way of
learning - Diane Ackerman"
"When children pretend, they're using
their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero. -Fred Rogers"
When I was a child play was highly encouraged. Whenever all of my cousins and other family members were over to the house the kids already knew that we couldn't stay in the house we were always told to go outside and play with the other children and to be back before dinner time or sometimes we would just go into the backyard and play. From what I can remember play was always a part of my education life, personal life and all other aspects of my life when growing up.
Play is definitely different today then how it was when I was growing up - when growing up most of our play took place outside at the park, in the backyard or on the front porch with children from the neighborhood or family members. Children today consider play to be playing with their iPad/iPod/iPhone, Playstation 4, Wii or WiiU, Xbox or spending time surfing the internet. As a child I had no idea what a cellphone was or any of the gaming systems that are out now - children today do not understand the quality of playing outside instead they want to consume their time with technology - I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of children do not know how to ride a bike, play hopscotch, hide and seek, double dutch/jump-rope and other fun outside games.
Britney,
ReplyDeleteI love this quote by Fred Rogers. When I was younger I used all of these things in this quote to play with. I see you were also told to go outside and play. I would get mad sometimes when I was told to go outside but I am glad I did because I would have a blast exploring and playing with others. I can say I definitly played video games. We had an Atari but we were only able to play it on the weekend for three hours each day.