{"id":4884,"date":"2012-11-21T06:04:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T11:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10rate.com\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2012-11-21T10:30:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T15:30:48","slug":"5-benefits-of-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/5-benefits-of-play\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Benefits of Play for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brittany Rowland<\/a><\/strong>
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Children learn about the world around them and develop mentally and physically through play. Researchers have found that unstructured play not only keeps kids occupied and entertained, but it’s key to a children’s natural development. It’s so important, in fact, that in 1989 the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights designated play as a child’s natural right.<\/p>\n

Children the world over find ways to play, even when they grow up in poverty-stricken, war-torn environments. Studies have consistently shown that play grants children healthy minds, bodies, and spirits. While toy manufacturers develop new technology, concepts, and designs, it’s ultimately the children who make the rules when it comes to playing with toys. They unlock a toy’s hidden properties like magic, sometimes in ways we would never expect, because of their limitless imaginations.<\/p>\n

Consider what researchers have discovered about the \u201cscience\u201d of play:<\/p>\n