Manivannan, G.
(2014)
‘Child’s play’ is ‘work’…is the view in Steiner-Waldorf early childhood education.
Learning Curve (22).
pp. 92-93.
Abstract
Remember your own childhood days. Whizzing
recklessly down the street, we boys with short
knickers, with bruised knees and triumphant facial
expressions and a stick in hand wheeled old and
disused scooter tyres. We stood on the steps of the
entrance and played “On the bank-In the river” in its
myriad variations. We simply sat down and played
with the traditional five stones, tamarind seeds or
sea shells. We roamed in our own groups and made
adventurous journeys picking mangoes and guavas.
We ran, we played, we laughed, we climbed trees
and we fell and we got back to our feet again and
most importantly we sweated. A reminder call from
our parents and we were inside the house to wash
ourselves and study or eat the simple meal together
as a family. TV was an uncommon device.
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