... own. Very often, parents, teachers, and caregivers would use play as a reward or as a bribe to coax children to complete their homework or practise on their music. They have segregated "serious work" from play and play is viewed as non-beneficial to academic advancement. At the same time, adults spend little time playing with children because they find it a tedious and frustrating task to play with children. They perceive that play in itself serves no productive purpose and does not work towards any overt goal (Moyles, 1991, pp.10). Nevertheless, adults feel that they need to direct and supervise children in their play activities; otherwise, the children would be learning very little or nothing when they play freely on their own. Broinowski (cited in Bloch and Pellegrini 1989, pp.17-19) recognises that this is where "free play" of childhood is "at risk". He is concerned that ...

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