Play as a methodology for learning

Primary school teachers, conditioned by the need to have immediate, tangible, rapid results often overlook the possibility of using teaching aids that are more effective than many traditional ones. This is the case of play or play-like activities, used only sporadically or sectorially, certainly not systematized or recognized as a fundamental tool for the approach to learning. Unfortunately, this choice surely derives from the fact that more or less consciously we are all convinced that, to paraphrase Italo Calvino, play is not a serious thing.