Written by: Mrs. P. V. Anathalakshmi, Principal Helikx Open School
When we hear this word our mind naturally goes back to our child hood days when we had fun and learning together. Play is more than just fun for babies and children. It’s how they learn, and how they work out who they are, how the world works and where they fit into it.
Playing is one of the most important things you can do with your child. The time you spend playing together gives your child lots of different ways and times to learn.
Play also helps your child:
build self-assurance
feel loved, happy and safe
develop social skills, linguistic and communication
learn about caring for others and the environment
develop bodily skills
Connect and refine pathways in her brain.
Play allows children to be creative while developing their own imaginations. It is important to healthy brain development. Play is the first opportunity for your child to discover the world in which he lives.
Play with other children helps a child learn how to be part of a group. Play allows a child to learn the skills of negotiation, problem solving, sharing, and working within groups. Children practice decision-making skills, move at their own pace and discover their own interests during play.
There are many benefits to play. Children gain knowledge through their play. They learn to think, remember, and solve problems. Play gives children the opportunity to test their beliefs about the world.
Children increase their problem-solving abilities through games and puzzles. Children involved in make-believe play can stimulate several types of learning. Children can strengthen their language skills by modelling other children and adults..
Children gain an understanding of size, shape, and texture through play. It helps them learn relationships as they try to put a square object in a round opening or a large object in a small space. Books, games, and toys that show pictures and matching words add to a child’s vocabulary. It also helps a child’s understanding of the world.
Play allows children to be creative while developing their own imaginations. It is important to healthy brain development. Play is the first opportunity for your child to
Play is an essential and critical part of all children’s development. Play starts in the child’s infancy and ideally, continues throughout his or her life. Play is how children learn to socialise, to think, to solve problems, to mature and most importantly, to have fun
Parental involvement in a child’s world of play is not only beneficial for the child but is extremely beneficial to the parent. Playing with children establishes and strengthens bonds that will last forever. Parent-child play opens doors for the sharing of values, increases communication, allows for teachable moments and assists in problem solving. Playtime provides opportunities for the parent and child to confront and resolve individual differences, as well as family related concerns and issues. Finally, it allows the parent to view the world through the eyes of a child once again.
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