The Importance of Children’s Playtime w/ Dr. Felicia Low: 5 July, 2023

A new initiative by Koi Tū, The Centre for Informed Futures, highlights the importance of play in the cognitive, physical, and mental wellbeing of children. Koi Tū are calling for the government to ease the burden of raising children and to make it easier for children to have access to play.

Not only is play important in honing motor skills, it also helps expand the brain and prepare it for things such as numeracy and literacy. 

Arno spoke with Dr Felicia Low, a research fellow at Koi Tū, to find out more about the importance of children’s play. Arno started the interview by asking how the initiative came about.