"Play is a child's breath of life. It is as necessary to a child as his daily food.
To deny a child the right to play is to deny him the right to live and grow."
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Why is it so important for our children to spend time climbing, hanging and role playing on outdoor equipment?
	
It is through this type of play that a child strengthens and develops his growing body and establishes 
neuro-muscular co-ordination control and skill.

It is the means by which he develops his mind and teaches himself to think and reason, to compare and 
contrast, to judge and draw conclusions, to plan and imagine and to use his mind in all ways necessary 
for intellectual development.

To many educators, play as an area of learning, has become an increasing concern.

We have become too focussed on seeing learning as a measurable end product.

Let us rather focus on the process of developing learning skills and provide our children with 
the environment and equipment necessary for developing "The whole child".

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Quoting a well-known teacher from a local nursery school in Somerset West.



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