IMPORTANCE OF PLAY

IMPORTANCE OF PLAY

Play is a natural promoter of intellectual growth, literacy, creativity, imagination,  and social/emotional development. Play promotes intellectual growth. Children, while playing, develop the ability to learn to think symbolically and abstractly.  The development of symbolic and abstract thought is the ability to represent thoughts, feelings…

PLAY AT DIFFERENT STAGES

PLAY AT DIFFERENT STAGES

There are many benefits of play that contribute to a child’s healthy development. Jean Piaget said that a child’s ability to play cognitively changes during early childhood. Stage 1: Practice or Functional Play (birth to two). Children play using senses and motor functions. They kick,…