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Understand the nature and importance of play and leisure

Table of Contents

'10 reasons why play is important' from the National Literacy Trust

Click to read this definition of play and why it’s important for children and young people.

Table of Contents

Presentation

Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘The importance of play’.
Click to launch this lesson’s presentation ‘The UN convention on the rights of the child’.

This article on the NI Direct website looks at ‘How play helps children's development’.
Play England has produced a document ‘Free play in early childhood’ that look at play and development in chapters two and three.
‘This is why play is so important’ from Play Wales includes a video showing freely chosen, self-directed play.

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