A mixture of both child initiated and adult led play is needed to help children holistically develop. Through child initiated play children learn their essential life skills such as imagination, creativity and independence. Children need to develop these skills as they will be too reliant on others. Children learn these skills by various activities such as role play where they learn social skills and begin to understand their feelings as well as others. Child initiated play is also a way children express themselves through what a child chooses you may be able to notice any individual needs such as gifted and talented in a specific subject area. Through child initiated play you can begin to learn a child’s individual learning style, some children
