NPR - The Importance of PLAY

Summary:

Listen to an interesting segment or read the article about how the kind of play a child does has implications later on a number of executive functions.

NPR - The Importance of PLAY

tkrell 28 Feb 2008 17:02

Another interesting resource from NPR about the importance of PLAY in a child's ability executive function formation:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514

Here's a quote from the article: "It turns out that all that time spent playing make-believe actually helped children develop a critical cognitive skill called executive function. Executive function has a number of different elements, but a central one is the ability to self-regulate. Kids with good self-regulation are able to control their emotions and behavior, resist impulses, and exert self-control and discipline."

You can listen to the broadcast or read the article by visiting the weblink listed above.