Research clearly indicates that children need opportunities to play, in many different ways, to facilitate crucial areas of brain development that will give them the necessary skills to succeed academically and socially.
This workshop looks at the different types of play that are important for children’s development and how play impacts overall development. Parents and child-care professionals will be supported to incorporate the essential forms of play into children’s day to day experiences. It will also address the importance an the how-to’s of child-led play within the parent-child relationship, child-caregiver relationship and with other important people in a child’s life.
