For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.

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The second daughter of the novelist Nigel Balchin in 1963 Penelope Leach married the science journalist Gerald A. Leach is best known for her book Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five publiPenelope Leachd in 1977 which has sold over two million copies to date. The show won a CableACE Award and was nominated for an Emmy.

Leach (born Penelope Jane Balchin 19 November 1937 Hampstead London) is a British psychologist who writes extensively on parenting issues from a child development perspective. Penelope J. Leach is best known for her book Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five publiPenelope Leachd in 1977 which has sold over two million copies to date.