Kathy Hersh-Pasek and Roberta GolinkoffĪdults play too (or should). Play is the primary way children were designed to learn. Isabel BehnckeĪll meaningful, organic, and foundational learning is at heart playful and ludic. Play increases creativity and resilience, and it’s all about the generation of diversity-diversity of interactions, diversity of behaviors, diversity of connections. It’s where we learn to trust and where we learn about the rules of the game. Play is foundational for bonding relationships and fostering tolerance. When kids get outside and practice bravery, they learn valuable life lessons. Risky play is really important for kids-all kids-because it teaches hazard assessment, it teaches delayed gratification, it teaches resilience, it teaches confidence. It’s how children wrestle with life to make it meaningful. Play is the foundation of learning, creativity, self-expression, and constructive problem-solving. It’s the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.
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