Play.  Seems simple enough.  It's what we did as children, usually with the words 'go outside and ...'.  In the case of my children, it's how they got 'punished' - "quit reading - go outside and .....".

Just what is it that children do when they play?  They learn.  Not in the formal classroom sense.  They learn by doing.  Something.  Or lots of ( Read more... )