1. The major theories concerning the role of play in childhood
... As children tend to tire themselves out completely during play. A third criticism of the surplus energy is that an animal or child is relaxed and, less watchful and therefore vulnerable to any unexpected danger it might encounter during play. So using up surplus energy is not likely to provide ... the evolutionary past. This he argued could be seen in the way children preferred basic archaic musical instruments like rattles, drums and enjoy playing with animal like toys. The first criticism of this theory is that it does explain why people who are not in modern types ... knowledge of the...
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