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It\u2019s no secret that we at Improv 2 Improve are major advo\u00adcates of play. So it is always excit\u00ading to see the ever-increas\u00ading moun\u00adtain of stud\u00adies iden\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading the numer\u00adous ben\u00ade\u00adfits of play for young chil\u00addren. These ben\u00ade\u00adfits include increased joy, more pleas\u00adant class\u00adrooms and hap\u00adpi\u00ader chil\u00addren \u2014 and so much more! <\/span><\/p>\n

The evi\u00addence of play as a ben\u00ade\u00adfi\u00adcia\u00adry to learn\u00ading con\u00adtin\u00adues to increase and we are over\u00adjoyed. <\/span>Greg McK\u00ade\u00adown<\/span><\/a> author of <\/span>Essen\u00adtial\u00adism, The Dis\u00adci\u00adplined Pur\u00adsuit of Less<\/span><\/i><\/a> says, \u201c<\/span>Play stim\u00adu\u00adlates the parts of the brain involved in both care\u00adful, log\u00adi\u00adcal rea\u00adson\u00ading and care\u00adfree, unbound explo\u00adration.\u201d Play not only boosts children\u2019s moods; it boosts their ABIL\u00adI\u00adTY to learn, to absorb infor\u00adma\u00adtion and to be suc\u00adcess\u00adful. This is why <\/span>i2i pro\u00admotes play<\/span><\/a> as a part\u00adner\u00adship to learn\u00ading. The fol\u00adlow\u00ading Hechinger Report iden\u00adti\u00adfies twen\u00adty-six stud\u00adies that point to the impor\u00adtance of play for young children.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>What if one of the answers to reduc\u00ading inequal\u00adi\u00adty and address\u00ading men\u00adtal health con\u00adcerns among young chil\u00addren is as sim\u00adple as pro\u00advid\u00ading more oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to play? A grow\u00ading body of research and sev\u00ader\u00adal experts are mak\u00ading the case for play to boost the well-being of young chil\u00addren as the pan\u00addem\u00adic drags on\u2014even as con\u00adcerns over lost learn\u00ading time and the pres\u00adsure to catch kids up grow stronger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Play is so pow\u00ader\u00adful, accord\u00ading to a <\/span>recent report by the LEGO Foun\u00adda\u00adtion<\/span><\/a>, that it can be used as a pos\u00adsi\u00adble inter\u00adven\u00adtion to close achieve\u00adment gaps between chil\u00addren ages 3 to 6. The report looked at 26 stud\u00adies of play from 18 coun\u00adtries. It found that in dis\u00adad\u00advan\u00adtaged com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties, includ\u00ading those in Bangladesh, Rwan\u00adda and Ethiopia, chil\u00addren showed sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly greater learn\u00ading gains in lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy, motor and social-emo\u00adtion\u00adal devel\u00adop\u00adment when attend\u00ading child care cen\u00adters that used a mix of instruc\u00adtion and free and guid\u00aded play. That\u2019s com\u00adpared to chil\u00addren in cen\u00adters with few\u00ader oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to play, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in child-led activ\u00adi\u00adties, or that placed a greater empha\u00adsis on rote learn\u00ading. This is impor\u00adtant, the report\u2019s authors not\u00aded, as it shows free and guid\u00aded play oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties are pos\u00adsi\u00adble even in set\u00adtings where resources may be scarce\u2026\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Con\u00adtin\u00adue Read\u00ading HERE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More play for young chil\u00addren is essen\u00adtial! Stud\u00adies show that play for young chil\u00addren is a neces\u00adsi\u00adty for them to thrive, learn and be successful. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[58,64,59,32,54],"post-type":[48],"yoast_head":"\nTwenty-six studies point to more play for young children - Improv 2 Improve<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More play for young children is essential! 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