德国著名学前教育家弗里德里奇·福禄倍尔《人的教育》一书中曾写道:“游戏是儿童的工作。”游戏是工作?这是怎么回事呢? 我们知道,儿童喜欢游戏。其它幼小的动物也一样,尤其是小狗和小猫。但是,大多教成人却把游戏和工作对立起来看。事实上,有时我们也真羡慕儿童。他们可以出去做游戏,而我们却必须出去工作。那么,游戏想必是项不严肃的活动了?决不是。福禄倍尔认为,游戏活动时儿 Germany’s famous preschool educator Friedrich Frohpunk wrote in his book Education for Human: “Games are children’s work.” Is the game a job? What is going on? We know that, Children like games. The same applies to other young animals, especially puppies and kittens. However, most adults teach games to work against. In fact, sometimes we really envy children. They can go out and play games, and we have to go out to work. So, the game must have been a less serious activity? Froble believes that the game activities children