{"id":19,"date":"2023-01-06T18:55:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/front-matter\/introduction-perspectives-about-play\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:13:12","slug":"introduction-perspectives-about-play","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/front-matter\/introduction-perspectives-about-play\/","title":{"raw":"Perspectives About Play","rendered":"Perspectives About Play"},"content":{"raw":"Watch these videos about children's and families' perspectives about play. What connections do you make to your own play experience as a child?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sby38BbLZuY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children Speaking About the Importance of Play<\/a> (~5.5 minutes)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8nKcllAQQFs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Generations of Families Define Fun, Kids' Answers Will Break Your Heart<\/a> (~1.5 minutes)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBelow you will find 50 quotes about play. Which quotes resonate with you? Why?\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.playgroundequipment.com\/storage\/image-gallery\/50reasonplaypowerig2.webp\" alt=\"The Ultimate Playlist: 50 Reasons to Believe in the Power of Play - PlaygroundEquipment.org - Infographic\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/>","rendered":"<p>Watch these videos about children&#8217;s and families&#8217; perspectives about play. What connections do you make to your own play experience as a child?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sby38BbLZuY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children Speaking About the Importance of Play<\/a> (~5.5 minutes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8nKcllAQQFs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Generations of Families Define Fun, Kids&#8217; Answers Will Break Your Heart<\/a> (~1.5 minutes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below you will find 50 quotes about play. Which quotes resonate with you? Why?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playgroundequipment.com\/storage\/image-gallery\/50reasonplaypowerig2.webp\" alt=\"The Ultimate Playlist: 50 Reasons to Believe in the Power of Play - PlaygroundEquipment.org - Infographic\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-19","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/19\/revisions\/190"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/19\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/playandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}