Play is central to all childhood experiences

The importance of children’s play has been backed by many romantic writers, poets and artists from the late 17th and 18th centuries - particularly Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Play can take on many forms, educational, social, rough and tumble and therefore it has many purposes

Role play is extremely useful for helping children make sense of the different social role and practices in their environment.

children’s play seems relativity simple it can be difficult for adults to understand the games

children’s games are slowly in decline especially the “traditional” games such as hopscotch, bulldog, conkers and even skipping

Digital media is very common in children’s contemporary play and there is an ever increasing number of toys, game and media for children to choose and play with

Elizabeth Grugeon argues the opposite and believes digital media plays a big role in children’s culture

There are many different social dynamics of children’s games which are based on gender and it can be a deciding factor when rules and practices are decided for games

There is a commercialisation of play in childhood