7 Lessons Play Can Teach a Child?

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
― Plato

Till the fifth grade, life mostly revolved around play. There were at least three - four hours of play everyday. The big open playground next to my house played a major role in making that possible.

Children of different ages from the 1^st to the 12^th grade would come together and we would self organize ourselves and play late into the evening. There was an element of intelligence and superior understanding in all that we did. There were various things I learned from play which include:-

Dr Peter Gray - The Importance of Play in a Student's Life

Dr Peter Gray is a psychology professor from Boston University. He writes a popular blog on the Psychology Today website called, ‘Freedom to Learn’. He writes and speaks about the importance of play, curiosity and exploration in the lives of little children.

 

It was quite a learning adventure studying the archives of this blog on the importance of play in a child’s life. Here are some insights.

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