The Value of Play (what Charlotte Mason had to say…)

Hello, dear friends!  Things have been quiet around this little blog lately, but things have been far from quiet on the home front here!  We are in the midst of a very exciting season and huge (HUGE!) changes and answers to many years of prayer!!!  I wish I could share more but I can’t yet…


Be assured, we are doing super well – so blessed!!!  I just have very limited time right now – so blogging has taken a backseat in favor of family, which I know you all understand!


I’m glad Hip Homeschool Moms decided to feature this post again as it is the perfect season to remember – play is just as valuable as any other form of learning, friends!  Love you all.

“There is a danger in these days of much educational effort that children’s play should be crowded out [or what is the same thing] should be prescribed for and arranged until there is no more freedom of choice about play than about work. We do not say a word against the educational value of games (such as football, basketball, etc.) … but organized games are not play in the sense we have in view. Boys and girls must have time to invent episodes, carry on adventures, live heroic lives, lay sieges and carry forts, even if the fortress be an old armchair; and in these affairs the elders must neither meddle nor make.” -Charlotte Mason