It is widely accepted within educational circles that play is a difficult notion to define and yet it is the most vital component for child development. Click on each title to read the variety of definitions which back up this assertion:

Play Scotland have shared a play types poster and toolkit to support the exploration of play. Read more here and try the activities below.

match the features of play to the play types by dragging and dropping the text boxes onto the play type

match the play types under each heading

Explore the play Scotland toolkit below

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