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- Playing and exploring contribute greatly
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- to children's learning.
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- The same can be seen in many mammals.
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- Although, this is not the only way children learn,
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- it's vital to their learning and development,
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- particularly in the early years.
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- People working with children
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- have always known how important it is as a learning tool,
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- but now there are more
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- and more scientific studies confirming that it does,
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- in fact, encourage brain growth and development.
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- Children are born to play.
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- There's a definite reason why children spend so many
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- of their waking hours engaging in it.
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- It builds their brains.
