Importance of Play Among Children

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Importance of Play Among Children
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• Plays importance is so great to youngsters that
  it has sometimes been called the work of
  childhood.

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• Throughout history, kids have spent many happy
  and actually very productive hours at this
  seemingly insignificant pass time.

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• Whether inventing imaginary scenarios with
  friends and siblings, taking pretend journeys
  with parents

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• playing tag at summer day camp or racing free
  in the neighborhood, play allows kids to develop
  in an incredible variety of ways.

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• Kids at day camp have an amazing opportunity to
  spend happy hours in the sunshine

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• playing with friends while also giving their
  creativity, health and social skills a big boost.

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• Kids Need Playtime

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• Unfortunately, the amount of time kids spend at
  play every day has gone down drastically in the
  last 20 years

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• both at school and at home, and the American
  Academy of Pediatrics has been studying the
  reasons and impact of this lack of time for free
  play.

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• Even recess at school has been diminished with
  the constant push for more academic time.

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• However, even for kids, a balance of work and
  play is best, allowing youngsters to grow up
  happier

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• better adjusted and better able to weather the
  ups and downs of life.

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• Imagination and Creativity

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• Play opens the magical doors of imagination, and
  time spent creating make-believe worlds and
  scenarios are hours well spent.

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• Toys like dolls, blocks and costumes light up
  kids imaginations and let them create universes

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• of their own from make-believe families to
  fantasy lands and entire towns.

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• While playing alone or with others in an
  imaginary scenario, kids also learn problem
  solving skills

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• cooperation with peers and how to confront
  their fears within a world of their own creation.

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• Youngsters who are encouraged to use their
  imagination are better able throughout their
  lives to think outside the box.

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• Social Skills and Confidence

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• Playing in a group, as kids do in neighborhoods,
  summer camps and playgrounds everywhere, lets
  kids develop a wide range of social skills

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• allowing them to learn how to share, negotiate,
  resolve conflicts and advocate for themselves.

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• When each player is assigned a role in a game,
  the group as a whole has to figure out who does
  what, whether its a round of hide-and-seek or a
  make-believe pirate voyage.

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• When kids are pretending
• to be doctors, firefighters, explorers,
  ballerinas
• and archeologists

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• they are trying on adult roles and having fun
  exploring and navigating the grown-up world as
  they see it.

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• Physical Health

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• Free play is obviously better for kids physical
  health than sitting glued to a screen.

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• Running, climbing, skipping and chasing a ball
  keeps youngsters in great shape, improves
  coordination and is a super de-stressor.

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• Games like tag, hop scotch, dodge ball and jump
  rope arent just fun, theyre setting the stage
  for a lifetime of enjoying exercise and healthy
  habits.

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• Summer camps provide ideal opportunities for
  outdoor play on ropes courses, sport courts,
  beaches, lakefronts and woods.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO?

• As a parent, you can help your child reach his or
  her potential and have fun along the way

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WHAT YOU CAN DO?

• by allowing them plenty of unscheduled time to
  be creative, de-stress and
• just be silly.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO?

• Kids lives dont have to be jam-packed with
  dance lessons, after-school sports and other
  rigidly scheduled activities a balance is best
  for everyone.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO?

• Make sure theres plenty of time to run around
  outside and play rather than sit absorbed in
  front of a television or computer screen.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO?

• This is particularly problematic for working
  parents in the summertime when supervision
  becomes a problem

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WHAT YOU CAN DO?

• which is a big reason so many moms and dads
  choose the supervised outdoor fun of summer day
  camp

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WHAT YOU CAN DO?

• for their youngsters when the long hot days of
  July and August roll around.

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Let your kids enjoy the experience of summer day
camp at Maplewood Summer Day Camp.
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Experienced staff will keep your child both safe
and busy with arts and crafts, games, water
sports, gymnastics and more.
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Experienced staff will keep your child both safe
and busy with arts and crafts, games, water
sports, gymnastics and more.
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Visit the site at www.maplewoodyearround.com to
see the fun your child will have at Maplewood Day
Camp!
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