1. What can play provide? Opportunities for all

2. Play can provide: Opportunities to take calculated risks. Opportunities to use and to hear different sounds Opportunities for stories and books to be read or to be read to.

3. Play can provide: Opportunities to pick up the rhythm of poetry and verse Opportunities to make friends, sustain friendships and make connections with others Opportunities to become cognitively aware.

4. Play can provide: Opportunities for children to explore their creativity and to be creative Opportunities to be inventive Opportunities for and outlets to support emotional well-being

5. Play can provide Outlets for aggression and for the legitimate release of emotions Opportunities to make believe Opportunities for physical skills to be developed An opportunity for the child to function in his own world rather than the world of an adult

6. Hutt (1979) Describes play which is Epistemic Ludic Play with games