• Play, Incorporating Animistic and Magical Thinking Is Important Because It: Fosters the healthy, creative and emotional growth of a child; Forms the best foundation for later intellectual growth. Provides a way in which children get to know the world and creates possibilities for different ways of responding to it. Fosters empathy and wonder.

    Rachel Carson: Play, Incorporating Animistic and Magical Thinking Is Important Because It:
 Fosters the healthy, creative and emotional growth of a child;
 Forms the best foundation for later intellectual growth.
 Provides a way in which children get to know the world and creates possibilities for different ways of responding to it.
 Fosters empathy and wonder.