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Play makes a powerful contribution to children’s wellbeing, development and learning. Children play, not least because it is often fun but as they play children immerse themselves in what most interests them, and in the process find out about themselves, other people, and the world around them.
When play is open-ended and flexible, children can explore and experiment with confidence, take risks and challenge themselves, without fear of failure. In play children can become deeply involved as they take things they already know and combine them in new ways so that their understanding deepens. They build on existing learning, through interaction with a quality environment and resources, or alongside a playful adult or peer.
Through play they embed skills and knowledge, explore and experiment with ideas and new ways of thinking, support their own creativity and develop them as individuals.