Benefits of Play

Sequin mosaic of a smiling face with colorful details, mounted on a pink wall with hands holding the frame.

Positive Self Image

Autonomy and individuality shine through play. Children learn what makes them special and what they offer the world!

Clear acrylic display case with various small LEGO bricks and miniature pieces sorted by color.

Creativity

Creative thought abounds in every type of play. With fewer cognitive and social limits than adults, children bring creativity to all they do. 

Pink plush toy shaped like a bow and a key resting on a beige sofa.

Symbolic Thought

The perfect play kitchen or decked out dress up rack allows a child’s imagination and abstract thinking to flourish simultaneously.

A woman is opening a framed artwork with a glass front on a yellow wall. The artwork inside is an abstract red and pink scribble. Next to it, on the left, is a framed drawing of a teddy bear with a bow tie.

STEAM Concepts

Math and science skills such as trajectory, gravity, and number sense are inevitably explored through most types of play.

A wooden rack displaying a row of decorated hair clips, including pink, white, blue, and glittery designs, on a checkered carpet.

Literacy

Environmental print, book reading, and pretend play all strengthen literacy in young children. So do songs!

A small glass vase filled with colorful flowers next to a cylindrical puzzle box with vintage park illustrations, placed on two stacked books on a wooden surface against a wall with partial artwork.

Conflict Resolution

Given the opportunity to work through conflict, children develop problem solving and interpersonal skills they will use their whole lives.

Children's art easel with colored markers and pens in a room with a large framed poolside photograph on the wall.

Motor Skills

Fine and gross motor abilities are honed through sorting activities, art making, and big body movements like dancing and running.

Colorful plastic building blocks stacked on a carpeted floor in a playroom or child's room with shelves of toys and books in the background.

Body Awareness

Both risky and rough-and-tumble play help a child learn what they are physically capable of. It’s also an opportunity to practice consent.