Learning starts from play Posted on May 4, 2016 by musicmary Reply “Musical instruction for a child does not begin in the music lesson. Playtime is the starting point. One should not come to music – it should arise of itself. What is important is that the child be allowed to play, undisturbed, expressing the internal externally. Word and sound must arise simultaneously from improvisatory, rhythmic play.”[1] [1] C. Orff (1932) Texts on Theory and Practice, p 68.