Spielen macht Kinder stark

Through play, children gain experience, insight and skills. But do children have enough freedom to do so? Parenting adviser Christiane Kutik shows parents, early years educators and teachers how to encourage free, joyful play using all the senses.

The well-known author and parenting adviser Christiane Kutik shows the irreplaceable importance of play and gives many tips on how to encourage and support it in everyday life. This gives children the freedom they need to grow strong for the demands of later life. An important guidebook for all parents, early years educators and teachers.

This account fosters an understanding of free play and shows how to bring the joy of play into everyday life. Because through play, children gain lasting experience, insight and skills. In the process they learn – without intending to – more than through programmes and early lessons. Play makes children strong and happy.

But do they have enough freedom for it today? And can they still really play? How can we make independent play possible? The experienced educator and adviser Christiane Kutik gives convincing and far-reaching answers. She covers the central topics around play and offers many play ideas for children at the most varied stages of life.