Some Amazing Facts About Rough and Tumble Play

Replay India
Aug 9, 2017 · 3 min read

Rough and tumble play is a common activity that toddlers love to get involved in. Such activities result in the development of self-regulation and create a positive impact on mind. This playful mode is social in nature and is characterized by positive emotion. Children enjoy getting involved in rough and tumble play as it enhances healthy child development. These days, kids usually have less time and space to enjoy such activities. All they need is safe opportunities for physically active social play.

This is the reason why equipment manufacturers are doing their best to design playgrounds and manufacture quality outdoor play equipment's.

Defining Rough & Tumble Play

Rough and tumble play is basically referred to activities like climbing over each other, wrestling, rolling around, and even fighting.

Rough play is a basic human instinct that helps kids learn variety of things and it’s of too much fun.

Benefits

Rough play help kids

· Know about the limits of their strength

· Sort out personal boundaries

· Explore changing positions

· Find out what other kids can do

· Enhances self-regulatory skills

· Social competence

· Social skills

What kids learn from rough and tumble play?

Toddlers learn a lot while participating in such activities. Besides physical growth, tumble and rough play create a strong impact mentally. Check out the below given points;

· Get a strong hold of emotions

· Self-protection

· Listening to friends

· Get control of their body and interactions

· They learn to shoe care and concern when a playmate falls or get injured

· They solve issues independently

Rough and Tumble Play with Parents

Children usually benefit from play with parents because their playfulness is related to both their abilities and their parent’s responsiveness. The amount of time adult spend supporting kid’s play, continues to be crucial even in adolescence. Their pleasure in rough and tumble play is seen more when they play with their fathers. Roughhousing with dad help children learn the ways to control their behavior and emotions.

What You Can Do?

It is entirely your responsibility to ensure rough and tumble play remains safe;

· Make sure that the play space is safe and free of hazards

· Help them create rules before they start with playing like no kicking or choking, tagging with open hands, etc.

· Create an ambience of cohesiveness and cooperation

· Provide adequate supervision

This Is Not Aggression

Rough and tumble play is completely different from aggression. Those who have the perception that aggressive kids are fond of such activities are completely wrong. Rough and tumble play is not real fighting and kids are well aware of it. Therefore, they act accordingly in order to sustain the play. Aggression is about one child dominating the other.

No matter what, adult supervision is always important so that you can protect your child from injury. Rough and tumble play is always necessary for development and maintenance of social awareness, co-operation, and compassion.

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