{"id":14335,"date":"2019-01-11T11:41:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T11:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/?p=14335"},"modified":"2019-01-24T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T11:45:08","slug":"play-is-serious-learning-fsl-indias-youth-development-program-ydp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/play-is-serious-learning-fsl-indias-youth-development-program-ydp\/","title":{"rendered":"Play is Serious Learning &#8211; FSL-India\u2019s Youth Development Program (YDP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn Play, we create stories about their experiences and shape our\u00a0identities.\u201d &#8211; Anonymous<\/p>\n<p>Play contributes to the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social well-being of the youth. It creates opportunities to explore and conquer fears; increases their willingness to take risks and challenges and accept uncertainty with open arms and increases their engagement with the world around them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14339 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0003-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0003.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Play sharpens senses; helps develop confidence and resilience, empathy and relationships, enables to build connections with everything around, take decisions and nurtures leadership qualities. The youth are alive, awake and enthusiastic to life and themselves. As, rightly said, Play builds a free and easy, try it out, do it yourself character, that their future needs (Anon.).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14341 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0005-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0005-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0005-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0005-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0005-354x270.jpg 354w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0005.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Play Planet is the first step towards Self Actualization in FSL-India\u2019s Youth Development Project. Our YDP believes in the power of non-competitive, inclusive games and activities to bring the youth closer to each other and most importantly, themselves. It uses the power of Play to create a sense of belonging amongst the group and also sense of ownership and responsibility in oneself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14338 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0002-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0002-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0002.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While having fun, the youth will explore and experiment with different facets of themselves and the group. Through these games and activities, the youth will evolve to be more spirited and learn more actively through sensory awareness and intelligence. Their self-confidence, self-image, empathy, resilience and other important aspects of their personality will transpire through play.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14336 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0000-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0000-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0000-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0000-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0000-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0000.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, these empowered youth will start taking up projects and initiatives in and around their schools and neighbourhood to tackle issues and overcome challenges which will enable better ambience and inter-relationships in the community, and the neighbourhood will provide a platform to exercise and enhance their personalities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14337 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0001-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0001-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0001.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The intention of FSL-India\u2019s Play Planet is Self-Actualization, which is cultivated in the youth between age groups 13-15 years. Our Play Planet encourages all the youth to participate, play, have fun and learn from each other and simultaneously grow with each other.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14340 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0004-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0004-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG-20190110-WA0004.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn Play, we create stories about their experiences and shape our\u00a0identities.\u201d &#8211; Anonymous Play contributes to the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social well-being of the youth. 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