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BENEFIT OF PLAY

Physical development:
* gross motor skill
♪ Children improve balance, agility and coordination
through these types of play
♪ example: Climbing, running, jumping
FINE MOTOR SKILL
♪ increase the difficulty of
their play
♪ example: Coloring, cutting
with child-sized scissor and
playing with toys such as peg
boards or dressing dolls
* physical challenges
♪ boosts energy, helps
to alleviate stress and
xiety, and can lift mild to
oderate depression

* self help skills


♪ to be successful both
at school and in life
♪ learn about toilet
training
Cognitive development:
* settling problem
~ the child is displaying what he knows
* employ critical thinking skills
~children recognize that play encourages and
strengthens a child’s curiosity about his or her world
* explore environment
* learn new thing 

Example of activity:
•able solve the equation
•building with blocks
•playing with water and sand
•doing puzzles
•constructing and designing their imaginative play
area

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