{"id":2989,"date":"2025-11-12T16:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:14:00","slug":"did-you-know-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/?p=2989","title":{"rendered":"Did you know?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8230;that Sunny Boy programs &#8211; in addition to providing super effective enrichment programs and lessons &#8211; go a long way in engaging the power of play?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), naeyc.org:<br>Play is more than meets the eye, it is both simple and complex, and children learn through their play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Play builds:<\/strong><br>cognitive skills<br>physical abilities<br>new vocabulary<br>social skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Play is healthy and reduces stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Play and learning go hand-in-hand and is a child\u2019s context for learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Play leads to greater levels of success and higher self-esteem.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Did-You-Know-11-12-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2990\" style=\"width:576px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Did-You-Know-11-12-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Did-You-Know-11-12-25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Did-You-Know-11-12-25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Did-You-Know-11-12-25-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#sunnyboyjimjackjones #SunnyBoyFoundation #sbjjj #love #youthwellness #youthmentalhealth #childwellness #childmentalhealth #SensoryFriendly #HeadStart #HeadStartRegion8conference #SelfCare #SelfWellness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;that Sunny Boy programs &#8211; in addition to providing super effective enrichment programs and lessons &#8211; go a long way in engaging the power of play? From the National Association&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2991,"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions\/2991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunnyboyfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}