Penelope Leach Quotes (6 Quotes)

For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.

Nevertheless, it shows a small but significant difference in a large group of children.

not for the individual child.

Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving.

A little is better than nothing, ... and you can be really involved with a child on the basis of the talking and playing and being there emotionally, even if you can't be there physically all the time.

The study does not mean that every child in a large nursery will become a monster,