My Connection to Play

"Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world."
- Maria Montessori

"All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, 'This is when I became myself.'"
- Rita Dove

 “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

When I was a young child I remember plenty of times being at home by myself with my mother while my siblings was off at school. I was play alone or sometimes with my neighbor daughter. I remember my mother saying “go play.” Although at that age I did not understand the growth I was experiencing. My mother encouraged play unknowingly how beneficial play would be to my future education. In the present I view play as regulated by parents and professionals. The word play has a board definition unrelated to education.  Varies research studies shows how play impacts emotional, physical and cognitive development.