Special Advantages: Why The Wright Brothers Were Encouraged to Play

Bishop Milton Wright loved to bring toys home from his long church business trips. Typically, he’d look for something that would inspire his childrens’ imaginations, such as an interesting rock or a fossil. But one day, Bishop Wright arrived at home with a particularly interesting toy: a rubber band helicopter his two sons, Wilbur and Orville […]

Play Manifesto – It’s Time To Play!

Fred Rogers said it best when he said, “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning.  But for children, play is serious learning.  Play is really the work of childhood.”  Mr. Rogers dedicated much of his life to the belief that children learn critical life skills through the medium […]