Active play

It is widely known that in order to develop muscle strength and control, children need to be active. As a result, most of the social play during these years involves active play. One of the most common as well as beneficial forms of active play includes rough-and-tumble play.



It may look quite rough while children seem to tumble over each other. However, unlike aggression, rough-and-tumble play tends to be fun and constructive. It helps kids to learn how to enter a relationship, assert themselves, and respond to the actions of someone else, and at the same time, they exercise gross motor skills. It is important to remark that while children almost always smile, and often laugh, in rough-and-tumble play, they frown and scowl during a real fighting