ABSTRACT
Teachers of young children long ago accepted the idea that it is in the delight of play that children acquire their countless abilities, knowledge and skills. Our great-great-grannies used to play “Pat-a-cake” and “This little piggy” with their children, unaware of the fact that in this process the children were developing what the scientists call fine motor skills, sense of rhythm, memory and visual-auditory-motor coordination. In such cases even the most enlightened parents do not realize that they are laying down the psycho-physiological basis of future reading and writing skills.
