Children use play experiences to develop physical, cognitive, emotional and social skills, and they test these skills, day in and day out. When it comes to play, kids know what to do – it’s like how we are born with certain instincts – playing is engrained in us from the start. And open-ended play – or, free play – is a child’s natural language.
I have been a hungry reader my entire life, and there have been times I have considered myself a writer, so it has been wonderously lovely to discover the world of children’s books......
As the season changes from Winter to Spring, so does our daily rhythm in the home. The sun greets us earlier, which means the hastier sound of little feet scampering to welcome us into the day, it means the windows open and the song of the birds, and the beckoning of the woods to come and explore.
