A recent report reveals that playtime with no specific structure or learning objective is essential for children to achieve important social, emotional and cognitive development milestones. – AFP
Emerging evidence shows that ‘letting kids be kids’, i.e. letting them play, is beneficial to their overall development.
UNSTRUCTURED play can be defined as a category of play in which children engage in an open-ended session that does not involve any strategy or reasoning. It is often referred to as just “letting kids be kids”, and is free of any leadership or direction given by a parent, teacher, caregiver or older sibling.
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