Value Flower

Our Danish partners Ledon have come up with a fantastic pictorial way of demonstrating the importance of play in children's developement - the Value Flower and they have kindly allowed us to share this with you.

Creative Development

Encourages children to be experimental and creative through their play and imagination.  Creative development is important for seeing things in context as well a seeing them in new ways.

Emotional Development

Children learn to understand and manage their emotions, and thereby develop a sense of empathy which is essential for being able to interact socially and understand other people.

Social Development

Through play, children learn to interact with and respect each other and abide by the social rules, including making compromises, negotiating and resolving conflicts.  Most importantly, children gain experience and practise being with others.  In this way, it supports their basic communicatin and social skills.

Physical Development

Children are stimulated into actively using their entire body through play and movement.  In particular, balance and gross and fine motor skills are challenged.  All are vitally important for a child's development.

Cognitive Development

The children's cognitive development is stimulated through play where thinking, language, problem-solving and so much more are tried and learned.  Through play, children form a coherent picture of the world and what it means to be part of it as engaged citizans.