Natural Play: Ditching Fancy Toys for Sticks and Mud.

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    • Subject Terms:
      CHILDREN & the environment; IMAGINATION in children; CHILD psychology; CHILDREN'S health; PLASTIC toys
    • Abstract:
      The article offers information related to the exploration of natural surroundings by children due to developing imaginations. Topics discussed include efforts of babies and toddlers to explore themselves and their environments in an open-ended way; benefits of learning about science and the weather, building and exploring on children in burning energy, being healthy, and staying calm; and need to start to replace child's plastic toys by creating a treasure basket full of real world objects.