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Introduction to physical play
Introducing the concept of physical play and why it is important.Good for looking at
- The importance of physical play
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- Physical play's the first type
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- of play to emerge.
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- It's also the first to have evolved,
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- but the least researched
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- and most neglected by educators.
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- However, young children clearly love it.
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- Children quickly need to become adept
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- at using their bodies,
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- and in-built psychological drives mean
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- they want to become autonomous
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- and do things for themselves.
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- We're going to look at the importance
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- of physical play for both gross
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- and fine motor development,
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- its relationship to confidence, well-being,
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- and happiness, how it encourages self-regulation
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- and social learning, and most importantly,
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- how to effectively support and promote it.