Developmental Play: A new approach to understanding how all children learn through play

Play is increasingly recognized as vital for learning and development. It is the language of childhood and children do it naturally. Unfortunately, adults often forget how we played as children, and associate play only with leisure activity and not with the development of the fundamental skills we need in adult life.

The Developmental Play approach gives a framework for understanding how play works from early infancy, and how we can assess at what level children are playing, particularly if the children are differently abled.