• For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does 'just for fun' and things that are 'educational.' The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.

    Penelope Leach: For a small child there is no division between
playing and learning; between the things he or she does 'just for fun' and
things that are 'educational.' The child learns while living and any part of
living that is enjoyable is also play.
    Penelope Leach (1989). “Your baby & child: from birth to age five”, Alfred A. Knopf