The role of adults in children’s play

Children learn and develop through activities other than play, they learn and develop more effectively through activities that are playing. Play is beneficial as it is children’s natural way of learning and exploration. Play is a complex set of different behaviours that would be more productive concerning understanding its contribution to development. In general, however, […]

Role of play in the development of children

Play is the child’s way of learning. Through play, children receive information from the surrounding environment to use it in their physical and mental development. While playing, children learn and develop as individuals, and as members of the community. Developmental Benefits of play include creativity and imagination, learning to solve problems, discovery and reasoning, symbolic […]

Play Equipment design and height

The long, low designs of equipment are preferable to those where height is the dominant feature. The play equipment must offer safe escape systems and routes. The essential design consideration is the space in and around each individual item of equipment: the minimum use zone. This is calculated by taking into account the space occupied […]

Play activities

Growth and development of all children are measured across several dimensions and children may vary greatly on the basis of these dimensions. For example children who stand at the last position in physical size may be at the top of the scale for intellectual development, or children with advanced motor skills may have poor social […]