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What is so special about play?

What is so special about play?

Children as creative, engaged, lifelong learners

The LEGO Foundation sees learning through play as crucial for children’s positive development, regardless of their situation.

Promoting children’s drive and motivation to learn, their ability to come up with ideas and imagine alternatives, as well as to connect with others and their surroundings in positive ways, is essential in the 21st-century.

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