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50 Great Quotes & Facts About the Power of Play

All the research shows the same thing: Children NEED play. Yet there is more pressure than ever to force young children — even preschoolers and kindergartners — to sit still for hours and do formal academic work for which most are not ready.

We hope these helpful quotes and facts will help you — and any skeptical friends and relatives — realize that kids who engage in active, imagination-building play are actually getting the best academic foundation possible. Workbooks can wait!

50 Great Quotes & Facts About the Power of Play - CDC Decree

Imagination, innovation, emotional expression, pretending

UN decree, optimized recess, green spaces, learn by doing, recess powerful tool, building block, necessary break

Finland, recess leads to better performance academically

More quotes, play keeps us young, teamwork builds the brain

Quotes, play is necessary, natural environments provide good experiences

Play relieves stress, builds bonds, is serious learning, dance is play

play builds connections, risky play valuable, creative people love play, learn how to learn, learn survival skills

Play brings out the best, do it yourself, a happy talent, kids own time

play is as natural as breathing, teaches social skills, play with blocks

Via PlaygroundEquipment.com

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