The benefits of play

THE BENEFITS OF PLAY
Play as an activity for learning is often dismissed as an active part of the learning process.
If you ask a child how they learned to do something such as use a mobile phone, record their favourite programme or play on their games machine most children would be unable to tell you. If you dig a little deeper and ask them if someone taught them to do it most children will say no. So how did they learn how to do it?
Children are really good at observation, imitation and play. They see something they want to do and then experiment through playing with it until they get the desired outcome.

What can play achieve: Please read the paper for more information.