Playtime

Hey Dads,
It is a never ending joy to see my son at play. The way that he creates games for himself is truly something that is remarkable. If only all of our imagination were like that still what a world this would be. He watched Disney’s Pooh’s Heffalump movie not to long again, and the day after he was telling us about the heffalumps that were in our back yard. He saw the movie once and created a game out of it. What is more amazing is even though it has been several days since he has watched the movie he is still pretending that they exist.
I recently read that children tailor their play so that they learn exactly what they need to at that moment, and that a child’s work is their play. In watching my son I see this to be very true. What some times looks like just simply romping around pulling this off the shelves is really him learning about the world around him. Things falling are teaching him about gravity, while getting into things that he has been told not to is simply a way of defining and verifying the boundaries around him. I’m sure that as I watch him and his little brother begin to interact I will be adding more on the subject of play for now I will simply say that my son is teaching me how to play again, and it is something that I had not even realized I missed.

A Fellow Father