When I was a child, play was a part of everyday. My sister and I spent hours daily playing with the kids in the neighborhood. There wasnt a day that went by that we werent either outside, or playing in the basement. My parents encouraged our play by allowing us to play outside and with other children. There were no special toys or gadgets that we played with, just each other and anything we could find. We would play king of the mountian, chase tag, hide and seek. Inside we played school and house. Unfourtunatley in todays world is has become unsafe for children to freely play in their neighborhood, leaving parents the only alternative of keeping thier children inside for fear of abduction. This is the reason that parents should encourage chidren to play in sports, join boy scouts and girl scouts. This is a safe alterantive to playing outside and still allows the child to interact with other children and play.
Quotes about play
'You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of converstaion" Plato
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consist of whatever a body is not obliged to do" Mark Twian
Both these quotes give the best example of what play is supposed to do. Children learn more about life while playing with each other than in any other activitie. This is alos true for adults. All adult have some form of play that they do with friends. This is how we bond, and enjoy life.
These are two simple toys that I enjoyed as a child! No high tech gadgeets just a jump rope and a slinky!
I played jump rope when I was little to we had so much fun jumping and singing difference songs while we was jumping. Did you do teddy bear teddy bear turn, touch the ground, and touch you shoes. We stay out side all the time playing with other children in the area where I stay at.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed play n a daily basis just like you as a child. At schol I always wanted to ride one of the tricycles or if we were inside I played with the easel. Play was very essential to my development. During the summer I went outside everyday. I was just like you, there was nothing in particular I played with just any and everything.
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ReplyDeleteI had not thought about a slinky in years! Thank you for reminding me that I played with one sometimes. My play was mostly centered around other children and my grandmother. Thanks for your insights!
Deb
Hi there. I played a lot outside too. We never had any special toys like nowadays :-)
ReplyDeleteGood job!