The Early Years Foundation Stage framework emphasises that it is the right of every child to be provided with the opportunity to play in their own unique manner.
The framework states that play enables children to use and extend the experiences they have to build up ideas, concepts and skills. While playing, children can express fears and re-live anxious experiences. Play scenarios also give children the chance to control their environment. They can try things out, solve problems and be creative, take risks and use trial and error to find things out.
It is a process that no child should be inadvertently barred from. Whatever their social and economic background, gender, religion, ethnicity, ability or special educational need, children should all be able to access and engage with the play experience their setting offers them.
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