Play Helps Us Grow at Any Age: Dr. Lois Holzman at TEDxNavesink

In this talk, Dr. Holzman documents the importance of play in our growth and development throughout our entire lives. Babies and toddlers play their way to growth. They learn how to talk, draw, dance, even think, through playing at what they're not yet—performing it before they know it. Lucky for us non-babies, the mystery of exactly why and how play is developmental has been revealed and put to use with adults! Across the globe, from board rooms to therapy rooms, from hospital wards to refugee camps, "play revolutionaries" are helping people and communities embrace play as a way to keep developing.

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