"My Play Connections"

“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.” 
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

I love this quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. because it shows that no matter what age you are everyone needs time to unwind and have downtime relaxing and enjoying life.

“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play” 
― John Cleese

                I believe this quote by the fellow Monty Python actor is so true to education because you will get so much further teaching the children if they are having fun.  The amazing part is that they have no idea that they are truly learning.

           

           My two favorite things two play with when I was a child was definitely my dress-up clothes and my Care Bear Tape Deck with microphone.  These two toys helped me pretend and sing songs that foster my love of the arts and singing.  I was always creating dancing and singing songs coming from the tape deck.  My dress up clothes allowed me to be whoever I wanted to be.

           My parents were always telling me to play. I remember the time I learned to play best by myself was when my mother was pregnant with my brother.  I learned to play the best at this time because my mother was either tired, not feeling well, or busy working on different things involving the new baby.  I found that I had to entertain myself.  

                I think play is so different now because children want instant gratification with everything.  If something is not happening every second, then it is boring.  Children are using technology more than ever in their down time and it is causing them to lose the idea for thinking for themselves.  I want to see play get back to simpler times where children were happen just pretending.