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Play is vital to children's learning. Play is a vehicle for motivating
children to explore, discover, take risks, make mistakes and cope with
failure. It permits them to be involved in organizing, making decisions,
making choices, practicing, persevering and expressing feelings. Opportunities
for structured play serve to develop and extend: creativity, oral and
aural skills, language associated with numeracy and early environmental
awareness, personal and social skills.
