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Essay / The Importance of Play for Children - 1030
Our program promotes play in different ways that can benefit children's development. Our classroom has different spaces where children can spend time working with other children or alone. We offer different activities that they can also do, for example playing in the bouldering area. Children will use their imagination for anything they can create. There are also books, puzzles, toys, computers that children can use to play academic games and during outside time we provide children with different materials to use like balls, toys, blocks and tricycles to keep them active. Our classroom has different spaces in which children can also play. For example, the play is where children can create their own roles. In the dramatic play area, we provide children with costumes, toys and other safe materials that they can use. In this space, children can play and create their own scenarios using their imagination. We offer different types of games, such as the training game in which children repeat a behavior when learning a new skill. Constructive play is where children use their imagination to create something, for example in the block area they can create castles or towers. Games with rules This type of play occurs when children follow the rules given to them. When playing a board game like bingo, they need to follow the rules so they can understand what is happening and