Cre8inFun explores: Play and Reflective Practice
Cre8inFun explores: Play and Reflective Practice “…as soon as you are finished with that you can go and play till dinner is ready…” Something children often hear. We, as adults, manage play as if it were leftovers, unvalued, disregarded intermezzos. Our generation and our social circle managed it that way, anyway. We feel hopeful that some of you won’t relate to this at all. If so, there’s hope for us all. Play Curiosity, amazement, interest, intrigue, reverie, focus, intentionality, ingenuity, engagement, fun; so many of these and many more possible and relevant words can be attached to playing. When we get lost in play it invites questions and wonder, time seems to fly by as we are engrossed in the fun of it all and yet it can be serious stuff, this thing called play. Adults engage in play more often than they realise as they play with thoughts, ideas, different perspectives, knowledge and experience sharing and becoming self-aware. Playing evokes such a dif