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Play (activity)

Play is a range of intrinsically motivated activities done for recreation. Play is commonly associated with children and juvenile-level activities, but may be engaged in at any life stage, and among other higher-functioning animals as well, most notably mammals and birds.

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Play (activity)

Nodes154
Edges153
Triples42
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012987
Components1

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play children social physical adults games development may activity sports also time playing life animals youth sport activities cognitive many

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
tumblinginstance ofhandling physical things in ways that use curiosity social playinvolves others in activities0.80text
making facesinstance ofhandling physical things in ways that use curiosity social playinvolves others in activities0.80text
and building connections with another child or group of children storytelling playplay of learninginstance ofhandling physical things in ways that use curiosity social playinvolves others in activities0.80text
language that develops intellectinstance ofhandling physical things in ways that use curiosity social playinvolves others in activities0.80text
such as a parent reading aloud to a childinstance ofhandling physical things in ways that use curiosity social playinvolves others in activities0.80text
or a child retelling the story in their own wordsAnother classification system uses these categoriesinstance ofhandling physical things in ways that use curiosity social playinvolves others in activities0.80text
discovering multiple ways to achieve a desired resultinstance ofincluding adaptive practices0.80text
or creative ways to improve or reorganize a given situationinstance ofincluding adaptive practices0.80text
table tennisinstance ofsports0.80text
badminton are played professionallyinstance ofsports0.80text
The Olympic Gamesinstance ofEvents0.80text
FIFA World Cup showcase countries competing with each otherinstance ofEvents0.80text

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