 Play builds the child. It is a part of nature's law of growth. It is in truth for the sake of play, and of growth conducted by it, that there is such a thing as a child at all. As Herr Groos, our best of Germans and chief teacher in this matter, has well...  Early Childhood Education - Page 5by Lalla H. Pickett, Duralde Boren - 1923 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Lee - Play - 1915 - 542 pages
...child at all. As Herr Groos, our best of Germans and chief teacher in this matter, has well said : " Children do not play because they are young ; they are young in order that they may play." It is for the sake of play that the great phenomenon of infancy exists ; play is the positive side... | |
 | Joseph Lee - Child development - 1915 - 532 pages
...our best of Germans and chief teacher in this matter, has well said : " Children do not playj?ecause they are young; they are young in order that they may play."" It is for tEe sakeofplay that thegreat phenomenon of infancy exists ; play is the positive side of... | |
 | Child care - 1922 - 406 pages
...Science obeying the law of humanity will always labour to enlarge the frontiers of life." PASTEUR. " Children do not play because they are young ; they are young in order that they may play." KARL GROOS. " Oft when the word is on me to deliver Lifts the illusion and the truth lies bare ; Desert... | |
 | Gertrude Hartman - Family & Relationships - 1922 - 272 pages
...carrying it out. Karl Groos summed up the fundamental biological significance of play in these words: "Children do not play because they are young; they are young in order that they may play." Play gives exercise to the deepseated motor instincts of the child. Under the powerful stimulus of... | |
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