Play is for girls and boys …. Play doesn’t need to be with any toys
Play can happen anywhere …. Play can be here, play can be there
Play is a natural thing … Play can be with anything
Play is a child’s right …. Play is important, don’t lose sight
Play is a must, play is a need … Play is inside growing like a seed
Play is in all of us … Play doesn’t need to be organised, don’t make a fuss
Play brings all kinds of emotions …. Play is like secret potions
Play can mean different things to you and me … But one thing I know is, Play needs to be
by Stephanie Ferey, The Kids’ Club
I’m a child let me be …… Play should be free and chosen by me
I like to play on my own……. This is what I do at home
I also like to play with friends….. My play doesn’t need results or ends
Adults that take over my play…… Can have a negative impact on my day
Don’t force me to join in with activities like football……. If you do I won’t be playing at all
My Play comes from inside me…… I’m a child let me be
by Stephanie Ferey, The Kids’ Club
I don’t like it sometimes when I’m letting you free …. As some of the things you do scare me
Up that tree I fear you will fall …. But you’re up there having a ball
Jumping from boulder to boulder … I want to shout stop you’re going to hurt your shoulder
Then I sit back thinking back to the past ….. Remembering when I was young, it was a blast
The risks I took, the freedom I had … Not being told to stop by Mum or Dad
Free to do as I please … Not having a care in the world if I scraped my knees
After thinking back to when I was young … I stopped myself and bit my tongue
That pounding in my heart that was there before … Finally let me out through my panic door
This door finally opened after years of being locked … The feelings I had finally unblocked
I watch as you climb higher and higher up the tree … I watch in amazement, it no longer scares me
I have opened my eyes to let you take risk … This isn’t something I should make you miss
Risk and Play go hand in hand … Who am I to take the stand
But now I know risk taking is your choice to take … This is a promise I will not break
by Stephanie Ferey, The Kids’ Club