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A Healthy Play Diet: Why it is Important ?

3/29/2016

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Just like nutritional diets, a healthy play diet must be balanced and proportional for children to achieve active healthy development.
​Social play is defined as an activity in which engagement and interaction with others is the core aspect of the play. It  is a powerful tool for teaching communication displaying empathy and sharing.
​Creative play is an opportunity to explore their interests and skills. It involves developing artistic talents such as music or painting and can also involve constructive play such as building or engineering play activities.
​Free play is particularly important for young children as it encourages them to use their imagination. As children get older ,free play tends to be replaced by more organized sports, music, martial arts or dance. 
​Digital play is an important component and the most current research shows that the judicious use of digital media can exercise critical thinking skills , improve academic performance and provide valuable experiences for social emotional development as well.

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    I earned a Doctorate in Applied Research/ Cognitive Psychology and am an educator who is passionate about understanding and promoting Intelligent Behaviours . I am a continuous life long  learner and enjoy researching and writing about emotional and social intelligence.

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