Free play is unstructured play among children that takes place without adult supervision, in which the children themselves decide how and what to play and invent the rules as they go. It is considered important to child development, supporting social skills, emotional health, resilience, cooperation, confidence, cognitive growth, and brain development. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin YearSource attests only that the term free play was used in its current sense in a 1967 film, not that the practice began then. Core ClaimFree play is crucial for child development, promoting social skills, emotional health, resilience, cooperation, confidence, cognitive growth and brain development. 1 Sources
1. Free play (Wikipedia)
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Free play is crucial for child development, and promotes social skills, emotional health, resilience, cooperation, confidence, cognitive growth, and brain development.
2. Free play (Wikipedia)
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The term free play was used in its current sense in the 1967 educational film Organizing Free Play
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