“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning.” American preschool television host Fred Rogers
In a world where technology is ever-evolving and encroaching on children’s time to play, it is essential to put even more emphasis on actively bringing play into the classroom.
But how does play relate to speech, language and communication development?
Engaging in play supports cause and effect learning, symbolic understanding, language acquisition, social interaction and emotional regulation.
Play supports children’s ability to represent reality with objects, for example using a building block for a telephone. When we break language down, words are abstract and represent objects much in the same way.
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