“Play for young children is not recreation activity, It is not leisure-time activity nor escape activity. Play is thinking time for young children. It is language time. Problem-solving time. It is memory time, planning time, investigating time. It is organization-of-ideas time, when the young child uses his mind and body and his social skills and all his powers in response to the stimuli he has met.” ThinkingMindChildrenIdeasPlayUseProblemBodyYoungLanguageSocialMemoriesMetsActivitySkillsOrganizationResponsePlanningLeisureProblem SolvingMind And BodyStimulusRecreationYoung ChildrenInvestigatingLeisure TimeSocial Skills Author:James L Hymes