By Diane E. Levin Play April 23, 2018 Diane Levin reflects on how young children’s play has changed and how we can encourage it again. Click to download. benefits of playcognitive developmentearly childhood and developmentearly childhood and elementary educationEarly childhood and playplay educationplay for allself-regulatory developmentsocial emotional developmenttoddler play ideas Diane E. Levin / About Author More posts by Diane E. Levin