Children’s play is an innate, pleasant, free and spontaneous activity practiced by children, with an intrinsic purpose. While playing, the child makes a symbolic representation of the reality that he freely chooses, through an argument, some materials and a context.
Through the game, every ability of the child is better developed, it’s one of the best ways to express their emotions, feelings and thoughts. It improves creativity and imagination and has a clear educational function. Besides, it stimulates motor and social development, intellectual capacity, strengthens the bonds of affection, fosters communication and generates complicity.
The game implies an active participation of the child, prepares him for his future life and it’s a great way to exchange ideas and experiences. There are two types of games, free game and directed game. Within this classification we can also find four other types of game: exercise game, rules game, construction game and symbolic game.
Authorship
Montserrat Ruiz, Carlota Martín y Leticia Meléndez, 2020.