The Value of Play

DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF PLAY!

Not only is play fun it enables a child’s development!

Value of Water Play

• Enables development of sensory experiences.
• Opportunities for solitary and cooperative play.
• Outlet for aggression.
• Develops concentration.
• Develops science and mathematical concepts
• Problem solving
• Develops hand eye coordination.
• Language experiences.

Value of Paint

• Develops appreciation of colour and design
• Opportunities for self-expression
• Opportunities to experiment and discover
• Develops motor skills
• Communication of ideas and feelings
• Release of tension

Value of Junk Material

• Develops hand-eye coordination
• Language development
• Provides for concept development
• Encourages development and success
• Provideds opportunites for experimtnheting in both 2 and 3 dimensional constructions
• Develops manipulative skills

Value of Sand Play

• Provides sensory experiences
• Opportunities to explore and experiment with different textures
• Creative constructing and building
• Role-playing (dramtise experiences)
• Develops coordination and manipulative skills
• Concentration
• Develops science and mathematical concepts
• Language skills-conversation

Value of Blocks Play

• Provides opportunities for reasoning and problem solving
• Opportunities to construct and destruct creatively
• Encourages dramatic play
• Learning to balance and coordinate
• Experimenting with space
• Descrimination and recognition of relationships between sizes, shape and number
• Develops mathematical concepts
• Provides for success and achievement