Human Growth and Development / Unit 5 HGD 0646 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why Play Matters
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The idea
Play builds language, motor skills, social skills, emotional regulation and problem solving, relieves stress, and supports self-esteem, and it needs no expensive toys.
In practice
Children building a fort from cushions, negotiating roles and rules as they go.
Where people slip
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in nineteen eighty-nine, includes a child's right to play.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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