Summary: Many years of holiday photos show my children playing in the boxes, with unwrapped the toys beside them. Children love boxes. They can crawl in, climb out, decorate with crayons or stickers, read a book in, play peekaboo from, or use their imagination to make that box into anything. That is the definition of open-ended play. There is no right or wrong way to play and that openness encourages problem solving, experimentation, creativity and basically “out of the box” thinking. This type of play allows children to build the skills we want them to have as adults. Join us as we discuss the benefits as well as how to support open ended play as we talk about about boxes.
