However, research confirms the importance of play in the development of children. Because play often involves physical activity, it's closely related to the development and refinement of children's gross and fine motor skills and body awareness. As social beings people need to belong and feel part of a group. Play provides rich experiences needed to learn social skills, to handle exclusion and dominance, and to share power, space and ideas with others. Studies show that play can improve planning skills, problem-solving abilities, academic skills, attitudes and language development.
Kindergartners begin by building and creating with objects, taking on roles and using props.
Imitative play and freedom to use paints and blank paper instead of coloring books help develop creativity. Sometimes play seems like chaos. Arguments over which game to play and what rules to follow seem to take up a lot of time. Even though you'd like to step in and organize it all so they have more time to play, it's best not to interfere. Going through this process will help children develop their abilities to reason, to judge what's appropriate, to weigh arguments and to learn how consensus can be reached.