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Podcast: The Language of Play - Kids that Listen, Speech Therapy, Language Development, Early Intervention
Episode: 201 Leroy Slanzi: Using Free Play And Structured Play With Intention To Develop Emotional Regulation
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We experience play with our children in a variety of ways. One of those ways is Free Play. Free Play is completely imaginative and it is entirely directed by the child.
Another way we play is Structured Play is when we use play to help our children go in the direction we want them to go. That may be learning, movement, practice, or anything really. In Structured Play, we have an INTENTION for our kids. That is why sometimes people call it Intentional Play.
Kids need both to develop well! When we d...