Three Types of Play Common to Center and School
s we have seen, play holds a host of benefits for young children across the cognitive, psychological, and physical domains of development. In the words of James
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L. Hymes, “Play that is beneficial to children is play that is active, creative, and social, engaging the body in fine and gross motor development, and the mind in negotiation, problem solving, imagination, and flexibility” (Frost, 2010, p. 202). The following examples of types of play can fulfill all of Hymes’s criteria for beneficial play.