Social development increases empathy for children
Role-play: Sharing, alternating roles, art projects for collaboration, team-sports for cooperation, sharing circles for thoughts. (Pooky Knightsmith: Neurodivergence and Mental Health)
Physical play allows
children to blow steam, great for health, promotes impulse control and emotional regulation, grows competence and empathy, cognitive development. (Shamima’s workshop)
Importance of play in child’s learning
Writing skills develop through scribbling and drawing, understanding of words and their meaning, objects can stand for other things (block can be a symbol for telephone) - foundation learning for formal reading, spelling and numeracy. (StartingBlocks.gov.au)
‘For children,
play is serious learning.’ Fred Jones
