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In my view: A place to test their abilities
By David Yearley, head of play safety, RoSPA,
Nursery World,
5 July 2007
There are many theories of children's play. I doubt that any of them, even combined, fully encompass the range of activities and experiences that children undertake as play.
One function of play is to test abilities before they are called upon in real life. For example, an infant primate will test its ability to climb branches through play, building its abilities to cope at a time when it has to fend for itself. If human children use these abilities for real before they are ready then serious injury or worse could occur. But we must not forget that accidents are...
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