Play skills are an important part of language development and to kids, play is work! Let’s talk about the power and benefits of play.
Play helps children develop:
Speech and language skills: articulation, expressing ideas, following directions, turn taking, vocabulary
Social skills and social relationships: play, conversation, friendship
Emotional awareness and perspective taking skills: thinking about others and how they might feel
Imagination, exploration, and abstract thinking: encouraging curiosity and critical thinking
Problem solving and coping skills: learning how to manage feelings and situations
Fine and gross motor skills: movement, balance, dexterity
Boundaries, safety, and risk taking: exploring what we should and should not do and understanding consequences
Play is a powerful cultivator of speech, receptive, expressive and pragmatic language skills as well as motor, cognitive, and safety development!
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