swing sets were made for climbing, towering, twirling, standing
maybe on occasion swinging
jumping off.
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‘play is the highest form of research.’
— Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
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ann arbor, michigan, usa, summer
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Outdoor unsupervised play with your friends at the park. A little bit dangerous, but knowing no fear, inventing games and scenarios based on the apparatus. Nothing better.
Best wishes, Pete.
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exactly right, some of my favorite times
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Hehe, now *that’s* the highest form of research! 😄
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cute!
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Exactly! 👍
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Exactly… I was the unknown stuntman who made Redford such a star…
Loved this, Beth.😊
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i had a feeling… thanks
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You’re welcome. 😊
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Exactly, we learn a lot through play–animals, too.
That looks like a lovely playground.
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yes, you’re so right. this playground is in the middle of a really pretty, old park
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Indeed indeedy 👍🏽 😀
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<3
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Great photo and quote, made for each other!
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thanks, sam –
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Yes! And, like in our day, without parents hovering over our every move :)
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#letthechildrenplay
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Absolutely.
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This makes me smile and so happy. T does the same with the swing set in our neighbourhood playground. In our highly digital world, these scenes just make me happy.
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i feel so the same
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Yes! Old Albert got it right again!
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he was kind of a smart guy
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Haha! Love this, Beth, and I agree completely. Hugs.
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<3
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Yes! And Einstein understood so much!
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he had his clever moments
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Yes he did!
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So true! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how important play is to the creative process–that sense of joy, curiosity, risk-taking, experimentation. And how much that mind-set enhances our our daily lives.
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as a long-time early childhood teacher, i cannot agree more. play based learning is so powerful
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Idyllic
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<3
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Brings back memories!
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I have found that swinging is a way to time travel, to replicate that carefree charge from childhood.
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absolutely, takes us right back
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Love the quote and of course the playground I’m returning to a lot these days.. xx
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Great quote. We recently had a family start to play kickball on a street within our development, and it was like people were looking out their windows wondering…what is THAT all about? Nice for all of us to see kids playing anything outside these days after school lets out for the day.
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so funny, people are just not used to it anymore and glad to hear they were out there. hopefully others will do the same –
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In the holidays as kids we disappeared in the morning and came back only we we became hungry.
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Yes, it was the most of my childhood, luckily
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Truth. The question always was…staning in front of someting…what can we do with this????
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Exactly! It was never what are the rules and how do we do it?
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You certainly learn things from play
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So many lessons in play
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And there is the classic “swing and leap from your seat” move
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Yep, I used to do that with my grandkids, and we’d yell, ‘to the moon!’
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I wasn’t that daring
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We used to do stuff like that when we were kids and really didn’t consider any consequences, at least I lived to tell
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thank goodness for that: a WP without our Beth would be a diminished place
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Absolutely! That’s how we learned many life lessons. I’m grateful being able to play outside was part of my childhood.
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I feel the same and also feel lucky for that
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Those were the days, free as a bird – far more fun than sitting hunched over a phone.
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And now children are not allowed to do anything much. I feel so sad for them when I compare my childhood to those today.
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I agree with Mr Einstein!
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