“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul.”
-Friedrich Froebel, the man who invented the concept of kindergarten with the understanding that activity and play were an essential part of early learning.
![Play Play courtesy Strocchi on Flicker](https://i0.wp.com/LifeInYosemite.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/090421-play-200x150.jpg?resize=200%2C150)
Today is Friedrich Forebel’s birthday, and I guess this quote struck me because the benefit and importance of playing has cropped up repeatedly in the last week or so, and has become my new fixation du jour.