Quotes:
“Play energizes us and enlivens us. It eases our burdens. It renews our natural sense of optimism and opens us up to new possibilities.”
Stuart Brown, MD
“Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.”
Diane Ackerman
Growing up I remember summers at my grandparents house the majority of my cousins spent their summers there. On any given day there could be twenty kids there, that’s including kids from the neighborhood also; but I remember my grandmother waking us getting us dressed and giving us breakfast and then it was out the door to play for hours until she called us for lunch. We had so much fun on our adventures in the paths behind the house, using our imagination to take us different places. It really brings a smile to my face to think of the veggies we cooked using leaves and the mud pies we made for dessert. Lol Back then play was a lot simpler than it is today we could go out and play and parents would not have a care in the world on the safety of their child, not today play is lot more guarded today kids go out to play and don’t come home. I would love for the innocence of play to be given back and children allowed to use their imagination to explore and take them places.
