p.3 Play is the answer to the question, How does anything new ever come
about? - Jean Piaget
p.4 The idea that play is a basic, vital human disposition has long
been recognized. Philosopher Friedrich Schiller regarded play as crucial to the human experience... Other
writers have defined play as a major dynamic in linguistics, literature, and game theory*.
*Caillois, R. [1961] 2001. Man, Play, and Games. Gencoe, IL: Free Press.
p.106 we still fail to appreciate the need of the infant and young child to explore the sensorial world.
The boy in the bubble, who was unable to navigate in his world, could only draw those parts of it that he had actually perceived.
p.113 all children use play therapeutically as a way of dealing with stress.
