Learning Through Play
play (pla), n., v., played, playing. Activity, often spontaneous, engaged in for recreation, as by children
—Random House Webster’s College Dictionary
Value of Play at Please Touch Museum
At Please Touch Museum, we encourage children to play and grow through the myriad of experiences we offer here. We know that play provides the foundation for basic life skills such as building relationships, cooperation, negotiation and compromise as well as providing opportunities for children to find out who they are and what they enjoy doing. Play offers an emotional outlet, develops the imagination and creativity, and cultivates problem-solving skills.
With young children playing daily at Please Touch Museum, we see that it is a process-driven way of creating, exploring and investigating the surrounding environment with adults, other children or by themselves. Play is a fun and imaginative way to become familiar with the world we live in.
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