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Thousands of Years Ago
Thousands of years ago, children would learn through play and discovery. Children were allowed " to play and explore on their own because they [adults] recognized that those activities are children's natural ways of learning"
(Pitler, ch. 1).
The image found below could have been artifact a child played with from the 1st-4th centuries. The item found is a "painted wooden toy horse from Karanis excavations, Roman period, 1st-4th centuries A.D" (University of Michigan).