What most people don't seem to know is that fun and play simply is learning. Kids play act scenarios all day that they're learning about. It's a way of interna

What most people don't seem to know is that fun and play simply is learning. Kids play act scenarios all day that they're learning about. It's a way of internalizing what they've learned. Take away time for unstructured play, and you'll find a lot of kids have less ability to learn, simply because their brains need the play time to absorb the relevant facts. We're using a curriculum-free homeschooling approach, and while my kids aren't on the exact same learning timetable, they're close enough to the normal education track -- and well beyond it in the areas that most interest them -- that I'm not worried. And they play all the time.