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The role of play in early childhood development 8 May, 2021 12:30 AM 4 minutes to read Children need a wide variety of play experiences. Photo / Getty Images RNZ The role play has in early childhood development and in particular, the prevention of behavioural and emotional difficulties is the focus of professor of play Paul Ramchandan. Ramchandani heads the Play in Education, Development and Learning Centre at Cambridge University and has looked at what impact parental play can have on young children. Ramchandani says play can be hard to define but the United Nations convention on the rights of the child defines play as any behaviour that a child controls and does for themselves. The characteristics of which are fund, uncertainty, challenge and flexibility. ....