Play, an essential tool for learning and teaching

Play is a normal and spontaneous activity for children who do so, often, for no other purpose than the pleasure of playing. Children have no conscious insight into the potentially constructive role of play.
And yet… ! Play is a fundamental requirement for their development, helping them evolve, both in terms of motor skills and at sensory, cognitive, creative and social levels.

Integrating play into a learning environment is therefore based on very sound reasoning.
It is entirely appropriate that play exists where children are in de facto learning situations as it provides many benefits educationally and supplements the conventional pre-school or school approach in a most valuable way. It can be an effective teaching medium for educators.