Play Education is an ideal strategy for elementary and pre-elementary educators to use in their classrooms because it incorporates fun, spontaneous activities into instruction to help students explore the world through their senses. Play is one of the best ways available to an educator to be able to fully stimulate the child's brain. Because play is dynamic, it is an ever-evolving process that is interactive, creative, imaginative and multi-sensory. This means that play helps facilitate the child's sensorimotor and physical development, as well as cognitive development. According to the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky, "It seems to me that from the point of view of development, play is not the predominant form of activity to help the youngest children learn, but it is the MAIN source of development" (Armstrong, Thomas). learning skills for children. This is due to the fact that while children play certain games, for example "house", children are able to create roles based on what they experience around them in everyday life, and therefore forces them to be able adapt their play behavior to fit the needs and demands of their peers. Social and emotional growth is also an area where play education helps children to develop, through play children are able to safely and constructively express their emotions and concerns in a constructive way. For example, you might ask your students to use puppets to manipulate how they feel or to draw pictures of their emotions and how they should handle their feelings. When children begin to play, they are able to mix the contents of their imagination with the real world and through In this process they are able to create something of...... middle of paper... resolution, pre-literacy and concentration. but it also helps build essential social skills that will help children express their stress and problems. This is why gaming education is valuable to every school curriculum. Works Cited Armstrong, Thomas. Best schools: How human development research should inform educational practice. Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006. Print.BookTagsEditDeletePayley, Vivian. “What are the opportunities: education.” What are the opportunities: education. Nif Play, 6 April 2012. Web. 06 November 2013.WebsiteLinkTagsEditDeleteSmith, Peter K. "The Power of Play." Mistake. Early Child Hood Encyclopedia, June 11, 2013. Web. November 6, 2013.WebsiteLinkTagsEditDeleteSmith, Peter K. “The Power of Play.” Learning through play. Early childhood encyclopedia, 11 June 2013. Web. 06 November. 2013.