Play and Human Development

Environmental & Science Education
Children
Early Childhood
Education
Edward Hessler

This is the latest video (4m40s) from Defending the Early Years, an organization which "works to defend the rights and needs of young children."

It features Nancy Carlsson-Paige and Diane Levin who highlight the profound importance of play to human development. Nancy Carlsson-Paige nails it when she says, “Children all over the world know how to play … anything that universal; like walking, talking; must be really essential for human development.”