Play & Brain Development

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Research Finding

Unstructured play directly builds the prefrontal cortex — the part of the brain responsible for decision-making, empathy, and emotional regulation. Children today have 25% less free play than children in the 1980s, and rates of anxiety have risen in parallel.

Gray, P., American Journal of Play, 2011; APA childhood anxiety trends data

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Question

TO ASK YOUR CHILD

"If you could invent any game right now with no rules, what would it look like?"

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Quote

"Play is the work of childhood."

— — Jean Piaget, developmental psychologist

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