Title

Return to the Past:, Teaching Cooperation through Play and Games of the Past

Publication Date

April 2006

Document Type

Conference Presentation

Comments

Presented at the Association of Childhood Education International, San Diego, April 13-15, 2006

In the past play has prepared children for life by teaching: fair play, cooperation, compromising skills, mediation skills, and responsibility. Character skills learned through play promote community and are universally accepted. The games of the past teach students today those exact same skills.