The Importance of Play. . .It's Serious Business!
One of my favorite quotes goes something like this; "we don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." As a kid, play is the mode through which we learn. We interact with the environment by climbing trees, rolling around in the dirt and taking a tumble during a pick-up game of football. We learn many different things during play. We learn what we are good at, how to problem solve, the ins-and-outs of working with others and how to spontaneously