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Play is a universal and dominant behaviour in childhood. It is pleasurable, spontaneous and positively valued. The feeling of enjoyment that children gain from play may be the primary motivating force but to remain enjoyable, a child’s play experiences need to balance the abilities of the child with the challenges of the play.
Movement becomes a means through which children can express, explore, develop and interpret themselves and their relationships to the world in which they live. Gallahue, Werner and Leudke, 1975 (p. 241)
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Jobling, A. (1993). Play and movement education. In: Burns, Y., Gunn, P. (eds) Down Syndrome. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7240-8_6
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