Benefits of Play:
- Play is essential for healthy brain development
- Play is the medium through which children learn
- Play sparks creativity and curiosity
- Play is natural
- Play is critical for expanding cognitive, language, social, emotional and motor skills
- Play is a dynamic process
- Play experiences provide learning opportunities
- Play helps children gain a better understanding of the world around them
- Through play, children learn how to learn
- Play enhances problem solving skills
- Play is motivated by pleasure
- Through play, children discover, interact, absorb, experience, create, explore and learn
- Play allows children the opportunity to practice new skills
- Play facilitates productive and appropriate social interactions with peers and adults
- Play enhances a child’s ability to concentrate
- Play helps children learn to deal with frustration
- Play fosters independence
- Play offers children a variety of opportunities for testing boundaries and taking risks
- Play provides children with opportunities to make choices and exercise control over their actions
- Play provides sensory-rich experiences
- Play fosters self-esteem
- Play is fun