Susan Evans Mccloud: Do Today's Toys Rob Children?
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › June 09, 2010
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When children play, they create their own places and things. As Fred, "Mr. Rogers" said, "When children pretend, they're using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero."
Creativity shimmers in their eyes and faces while they go about their purposeful activities. For we must not forget that play for them is learning; more, it is learning how to learn. And it is giving children the opportunity to practice what they are learning - - practice, modify, expand -- over and over again.See the full content of this document
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