When we give children resources they create their own games. This group of children used materials to create a “basket ball” game up off the ground.

We too often limit children’s imagination with our own constraints. The joy of children making up their own games and playing them teaches so many skills at once. Collaboration, communication, consequences, risk assessment, eye hand coordination and other skills are innate to play. These skills are skills we think we should teach. We do not need too if we just let the children be.

What will you allow children to do today?