Sep 01 2022 37 mins
The OnlySchoolers are talking Early Childhood in this episode, and the quotes we're tackling are:
- “Play is the work of childhood.” - Jean Piaget
- “Play is the work of the child.” - Maria Montessori
- “Play is the work of children. It’s very serious stuff.” - Captain Kangaroo
- “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning.” - Fred Rogers
- “Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning.” - Fred Rogers
- “Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play.” - Plato
- “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.” - Leo Buscaglia
- “It is a happy talent to know how to play.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson