Many children lead lives that are busier than their parents'. Going from school to sports lessons to homework every day often doesn't leave children a great deal of time for play. For some kids it's not sports, it might be ballet or group exercise in Scarborough, but whatever the activity children these days often have very little free time to themselves. This is not to say that being involved in activities is not good for a child, but it should not be the only thing in your child's life.

Many children who live in luxury condos in Toronto don't have a yard to play in, and often their parents are too busy to take them to a park to play. This is unfortunate because unstructured play is very important for children's development. While sports and other activities have value in any child's life, children need time when they are able to enjoy unstructured play with other children their own age.

If your job as a Markham real estate agent keeps you too busy to visit parks frequently with your children you might consider contact a number of other parents with children the same age as yours. If you all take turns supervising the children while they play it will distribute the work load and make it much more manageable for all of you. You could also consider hiring a babysitter to supervise the children occasionally. Either of these options are a great way to ensure that your child has enough time for unstructured play.

While unstructured play is important so is structured and semi-structured play. This can take many forms and requires the parent to be a more active participant in the process. A fun type of semi-structured play is when you encourage your child to make-believe particular scenarios. These might be fantastical scenarios, or real life scenarios. You might have your child pretend to hold a certain occupation, they can act out what they think someone with that job does. This can be particularly fun if they act out one of their parents' jobs, such as pretending to be a new home builder in London.

If you regularly drop your child off for hockey or basketball practice on your way to your job selling Port Credit homes you should be aware that this is a type of play too. It is highly structured play, and cannot take the place of unstructured play, but it is a valuable addition to your child's life. They key is finding a balance so that your child has a well rounded set of experience. The structure and discipline that comes with playing sports is good for your child but needs to be tempered with free time to just play and have fun.