Saying and quotes about learning through games and play

                     Saying and quotes about learning through games and play


  • "Play is our brain's favourite way of learning" - Diane Ackerman
  • "Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn" - O. Fred Donaldson
  • "By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes" - Nate Silvester
  • "Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play" - Plato
  • "It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious actions" - Michel de Montaigne
  • "Education should learn from the positive side of gaming - rewards, accomplishments and fun" - Sebastian Thrun"
  • "Play builds the kind of free and easy try it out, do it yourself character that our future needs" James L Hymes Jr.




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Sachini Bambarenda said…
Loved this collection of quotes.
December 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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