Infants and toddlers learn about the world around them through sensory exploration and play. Seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling all provide crucial information to their developing brains.
Children may focus intently on certain sensory experiences. We allow long uninterrupted periods of free play each day, repetitive play allows children to satisfy their curiosity. Through play, children develop creativity, problem-solving, and learn how to interact with others. Play supports all domains of development, and its essential to children’s health and well-being. Play reduces stress, anxiety, and depression in children by creating a safe outlet for emotions.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently issued a position statement emphasizing the importance of play in promoting healthy development, particularly in children aged 0 to 6 years.1 Whereas this play may be guided at first by parents, as children get older their free play becomes even more important. The benefits of such play are well documented...
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