“Children need freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” Kay Redfield Jamison Perhaps before we can begin to consider the importance of free play, we need to understand just what it is. Much is said about it and much has been written about it too. Those who care […]
“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful!” – E.Cummings My childhood was simple. Some might even say boring. I was a young child in the ‘70s. Money was tight at home. Mum never knew from one week to the next what the price of a basket of groceries would be. Inflation was high. A […]
Imaginative Play in the Woods “Logic will get you from A to B; imagination will get you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein According to Bob Hughes imaginative play breaks the conventional rules which govern the physical world, and fantasy play is the make-believe world of children. When all children have is what nature offers, it’s truly […]
