Why Play?
 Play is a vital component of children’s lives, without which their
potential for healthy, mental and physical development is undermined.
Play helps children to:
- Be whole people
- Be physically healthy
- Be physically co-ordinated
- Be mentally healthy
- Co-ordinate ideas
- Deal with feelings and relationships
Young children learn through play. They do not discern between what is
work and what is play and as practitioners neither should we.
How do we ensure that all that they do in our settings is valued?
How do we show them that we value their play?
- Do we plan for play?
- Do we plan for space both indoors and outdoors, to be maximised
for learning through play?
- Does one adult ‘float’ to support children’s
independent learning?
- Do children have the opportunity of talking about their play or
displaying their own special drawings and pictures in the classroom?
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