Today there is an increasing awareness of important role of the game in the healthy development of children. In addition, the game is not important only for the child but, beyond, and as part of it, the game is important for society as diverse research has revealed.
The game is an irreplaceable activity to develop the child's ability to learn, already from his first games, to which we must respond. So much so, that playing is a means of expression and maturation in the physical, cognitive, psychological and social plane.
And, especially in these dates that are coming and that make us fall perhaps in the excessive purchase of toys, it is worth remembering that to play you do not need toys. There are many games, individual and unique or traditional, along with the toys that we can "manufacture" ourselves with any object that can be used as such.
In any case, parents must assume a participatory and driving role of any recreational activity, so that we teach our children to know their surroundings and to develop in a healthy and happy way.
The game has always been present as the tool through which the human being apprehends the world. In the process of child development, the conquest of autonomy is summed up in a progressive understanding and adaptation to the world, a natural, complex and gradual process of skills acquisition.
For example, symbolic games, imitations, costumes ... help to put oneself in the place of another and understand their surroundings, while discovering their possibilities and interacting with society when playing in groups, creating a kind of bridge between their world Interior and culture.
In short, apart from the pleasure of fun and entertainment, the game is essential for the development of children and their relationship with people and the world around them, helping to shape their personality, their way of learning and their curiosity throughout life.
