“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Plato

“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.” Joseph Chilton Pearce

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

"If you're going to equalize the academic playing field, you've got to get the kids in early childhood programs."
- Paul Vallas quotes

I chose these particular quotes because they speak to the importance of play in a child's life. A child develops physically, cognitively, and psychosocially while at play. Throughout this course  I was constantly reminded of the health benefits of allowing children to play, but one other important benefit is that it encourages creativity, and is therefore beneficial to a child's cognitive development. Play is the most natural, uninhibited way of children to express themselves, and it is through play that they not only develop a sense of identity, but they learn through exploration, and also develop social skills through group play.