Show why children need play it la Is as natural for a child t to a play as aa to breathe it la is necessity not a luxury it Is a part of his education and an expression of at his self devel and of at the law ot of his being left to his own amusement with proper conditions his whole hole attitude ot of mind and body Is ono one of absorbing interest and concentration and na he often displays initiative and activity really surprising he play instinct Is so universal it might be regarded au aa self satisfying but bit conditions ot of life are so congested that space Is prohibited and children are simply starved for play the experience of my childhood was waa a d delight lj we had the canal and the allm ill tho the woods and fields the hayloft the woodshed and the carpenter shop in the neighbors back yard the carpenters wooden horse hitched to 10 the tha wheelbarrow provided a joy odell aldo never dreamed ot of in tho the costliest cost liest and such fun fu automobile such play aro are not in the experience ot 0 tile the average child today suburban lite life |