10 Things Every Parent Should Know about Play


10 Things Every Parent Should Know about Play by Laurel Bongiorno (click for full article)

Children learn through their play.

Don’t underestimate the value of play. Children learn and develop:
  • cognitive skills – like math and problem solving in a pretend grocery store
  • physical abilities – like balancing blocks and running on the playground
  • new vocabulary – like the words they need to play with toy dinosaurs
  • social skills – like playing together in a pretend car wash
  • literacy skills – like creating a menu for a pretend restaurant