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SPACES TO PLAY

The right to play

Every child has a right to leisure, play, and participation in cultural and artistic activities

Article 31 of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child

The numerous benefits of play:

  • Being physically active, including both gross and fine motor skills

  • Building imagination and be creative

  • Building friendships

  • Learning various social skills such as communication, negotiation, turn taking, rules/boundaries, co-operation

  • Learning risk management strategies

  • Becoming more resilient

  • Enhancing learning

  • Having fun!

 

Play can happen in so many different places; on the playground, in nature, in the backyard, on the soccerfield, but it is important to create spaces where play can happen in safe, challenging and interactive ways. 

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