An ironic contrast may be observed between theory and practice at different levels of education in Asia. On the one hand, theoretical studies based on researches in the last three decades emphasise the profound and intricate links between play and learning, especially in early childhood. Play is seen to be the most important medium of learning in childhood, being the characteristic style in which the young child interacts with the surrounding environment that provides the materials for learning. In later childhood, adolescence and adulthood, play, manifested in different forms, continues to be important, though now supplemented by other strategies. So education based on play and games is deeply significant at all levels of education from the preschool stage to adult education.