Just
Playing
Author
Unknown
When I'm building in the block area,
Please don't say
I'm "Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play: about balance and
shapes.
Who knows, I may be an architect someday.
When I'm getting all
dressed up, setting the table, caring for the babies,
Don't get the idea I'm,
"Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play:
I may be a mother or
a father someday.
When you see me up to my elbows in paint, or standing
at an easel, or molding
and shaping the clay,
Please don't let me hear
you say, "He's Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I'm
expressing myself and being creative.
I may be an artist or an inventor
someday.
When you see me sitting in a chair "reading" to an imaginary
audience,
Please don't laugh and think I'm "Just Playing."
For you see,
I'm learning as I play.
I may be a teacher someday.
When you see me
combing the bushes for bugs, or packing my pockets with
choice things I
find,
Don't pass it off as "Just Playing."
For, you see, I 'm learning as
I play.
I may be a scientist someday.
When you see me engrossed in a
puzzle or some plaything at my school,
Please don't feel the time is wasted
in "Play."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I'm learning to solve
problems and concentrate.
I may be in business someday.
When you see
me cooking to tasting foods,
Please don't think that because I enjoy it, it
is "Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I'm learning to
follow directions and see differences.
I may be a cook someday.
When
you see me learning to skip, hop, run, and move my body,
Please don't say I'm
"Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I'm learning how my
body works.
I may be a doctor, nurse, or an athlete someday.
When you
ask me what I've done at school today, and I say, "I Just Played,"
Please
don't misunderstand me.
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I'm learning
to enjoy and be successful in my work,
I'm preparing for tomorrow.
Today,
I am a child and my work IS play.