AS5 ECE 4

PLAY
"Play is the fundamental equation that makes us human. Its absence, in my opinion, is
pathology."

- Stuart Brown, the founder of the California-based National Institute for Play.

IMPORTANCE OF PLAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF:

 Cognitive: children learn to think, read, remember, reason, and pay attention through play.

 Language and Literacy: (SOCIAL) Playing with others helps kids negotiate group dynamics, collaborate,
compromise, deal with others' feelings, and share-the list goes on.

 Emotional: During Play, kids learn to cope with emotions like fear, frustration, anger, and aggression in a
situation they control. They can also practice empathy and understanding.

 Physical: Active play helps kids with coordination, balance, motor skills, and spending their natural energy
(which promotes better eating and sleeping)

 Creativity and Imagination: By allowing imaginations to run wild during play, kids create new words, and
form unique ideas and solutions to challenges.

Synthesis:

-Play is fundamentally important for learning 21st Century skills, collaboration and creativity. - American
Academy Pediatrics such as problem solving,

-As future ECE teacher, it is important to invest on the learners' development from the earliest age... -
through PLAY.

"Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury.Play is a necessity."

-Kay Redfield Jamison

Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is
in a child's soul.

-French Froebel