"Creative play is like a spring that bubbles up from deep within a child."
-Joan Almon
"People tend to forget that play is serious."
-David Hockney
"Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn."
-O. Fred Donaldson
"Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions."
-Mark Twain
"Children at play are not playing about. Their games should be seen as their most serious minded activity."
-Michel de Montaigne
"What we play is life."
-Louis Armstrong
"Play is our brain's favorite way of learning."
-Diane Ackerman
"Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems."
-Bill Watterson
"Play is the beginning of knowledge."
-George Dorsey
"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."
-Fred Rogers

Play2Prevent

Play2Prevent™ is a new initiative aimed at forging collaborations and partnerships between scientists, educators, video game designers/developers, community based organizations and others.

Our goal is to develop innovative evidence-based educational materials and targeted videogame interventions for risk reduction and prevention in youth and young adults.

Play2Prevent™ builds on the evolving and expanding area of “serious games”, a field defined as videogames or versions of videogames intended for use outside of entertainment, for example, in the fields of education or health.

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