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A. Winther A/S

Children learn by moving. To support and encourage children in their play activities, it is important that we give them access to a wide range of toys that inspire many different types of play. All Winther's products are designed to make children want to play. Our products invite activity. They create that magical space where youngsters lose themselves in play; involved, happy, and active. In this environment, children form healthy habits that will last a lifetime.

So, when children play and have fun, it is serious business; they are actually hard at work, learning.

Fortunately, children love to play and use their bodies naturally. It almost makes you wonder how wise we adults are, when we are always asking kids to settle down, and whether they "have to run around like that". Well, in fact, they do.

Play goes right to the brain. All the available research indicates that there are clear links between the ability to play, to move and to learn. So playing and moving improve understanding of language and mathematics, concrete and abstract thinking, and rational and social intelligence.
To support and encourage children in their play activities, it is important that we give them access to a wide range of toys that inspire many different types of play. 

 

A study carried out by University of North Florida shows that our working memory can benefit dramatically from undertaking dynamic activities. Proprioceptive activities (i.e. exercises related to body positioning and orientation) such as climbing a tree, walking on a beam, running barefoot or navigating around obstacles, may increase our working memory capacity as much as by 50% just after two hours of training.